List of tallest buildings in Missouri facts for kids
Missouri is home to some really tall structures! These include a huge broadcasting tower that's about 610 meters (2,000 feet) high, a super tall chimney reaching 244 meters (800 feet), the famous Gateway Arch monument at 192 meters (630 feet), and a big office building that stands 190 meters (624 feet) tall.
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The tallest accessible structure in Missouri, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis
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Missouri's Tallest Accessible Buildings
This section lists the tallest buildings in Missouri that people can usually enter and use. These are often offices, hotels, or famous landmarks.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height feet / m |
Location | Fun Fact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gateway Arch | |
630 ft (192 m) | St. Louis | It's the tallest monument and memorial in the United States! |
| 2 | One Kansas City Place |  |
624 ft (190 m) | Kansas City | This is the tallest office building in Missouri. |
| 3 | One Metropolitan Square |  |
593 ft (181 m) | St. Louis | A very tall office building in downtown St. Louis. |
| 4 | Town Pavilion |  |
591 ft (180 m) | Kansas City | This building is a major part of the Kansas City skyline. |
| 5 | 909 Chestnut Street |  |
588 ft (179 m) | St. Louis | Another one of St. Louis's impressive tall buildings. |
| 6 | Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse |  |
557 ft (170 m) | St. Louis | This is a large federal courthouse. |
| 7 | Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center |  |
504 ft (154 m) | Kansas City | It's the tallest hotel in Missouri. |
| 8 | One US Bank Plaza |  |
484 ft (148 m) | St. Louis | A prominent office tower in St. Louis. |
| 9 | Kansas City Power and Light Building |  |
481 ft (147 m) | Kansas City | This historic building is now being converted into homes. |
| 10 | 909 Walnut |  |
471 ft (144 m) | Kansas City | This building is the tallest residential building in Missouri. |
| 11 | Kansas City City Hall |  |
445 ft (136 m) | Kansas City | It's one of the tallest City Halls in the world! |
| 12 | Centene Centre | 430 ft (130 m) | Clayton | A newer addition to Missouri's tall buildings. | |
| 13 | 1201 Walnut |  |
427 ft (130 m) | Kansas City | Another tall building in Kansas City. |
| 14 | Commerce Tower |  |
421 ft (128 m) | Kansas City | The top floors of this building are being turned into apartments. |
| 15 | The Plaza in Clayton | 409 ft (125 m) | Clayton | A tall building located in Clayton, Missouri. | |
| 16 | City Center Square |  |
404 ft (123 m) | Kansas City | A well-known building in Kansas City. |
| 17 | Laclede Gas Building |  |
401 ft (122 m) | St. Louis | This building is home to a gas company. |
Missouri's Tallest Structures (Not Just Buildings)
This list includes all kinds of tall structures, like radio towers, which are often much taller than regular buildings.
| Name | Height feet / m |
Location |
|---|---|---|
| KMOS Tower/Rohn Tower | 2,000 ft (610 m) | Syracuse |
| KYTV Tower | 1,999 ft (609 m) | Fordland |
| KYTV Tower 2 | 1,996 ft (608 m) | Marshfield |
| KOLR/KOZK Tower | 1,960 ft (600 m) | Fordland |
| Raycom America Tower | 1,677 ft (511 m) | Cape Girardeau |
| KBSI Tower | 1,567 ft (478 m) | Cape Girardeau |
Missouri's Tallest Chimneys
These tall chimneys are usually part of power plants, helping to release gases high into the air.
| Name | Height feet / m |
Location |
|---|---|---|
| Associated Electric Stack #1 | 800 ft (240 m) | New Madrid |
| Iatan Power Plant Stack | 700 ft (210 m) | Iatan |
| Rush Island Power Station | 700 ft (210 m) | Rush Island |
| Labadie Power Station Units 3 & 4 | 700 ft (210 m) | Labadie |
| Labadie Power Station Unit 2 | 700 ft (210 m) | Labadie |
| Labadie Power Station Unit 1 | 700 ft (210 m) | Labadie |
| Sibley Generator Station Stack | 700 ft (210 m) | Sibley |
| Associated Electric Stack #2 | 630 ft (190 m) | New Madrid |
| Thomas Hill Chimney | 620 ft (190 m) | Clifton Hill |
| Sioux Power Plant Stack #1 | 603 ft (184 m) | Portage Des Sioux |
| Sioux Power Plant Stack #2 | 603 ft (184 m) | Portage Des Sioux |
| Hawthorne Power Plant | 600 ft (180 m) | Kansas City |
| Callaway Cooling Tower | 553 ft (169 m) | Fulton |
| Herculaneum Smelter Stack | 550 ft (170 m) | Herculaneum |
History of Missouri's Tallest Habitable Buildings
This table shows how the record for the tallest building in Missouri has changed over time.
| Name | Height feet / m |
Location | Year Became Tallest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Courthouse | 194 ft (59 m) | St. Louis | 1864 |
| Union Station | 230 ft (70 m) | St. Louis | 1894 |
| Commerce Trust Building | 258 ft (79 m) | Kansas City | 1907 |
| Railway Exchange Building | 277 ft (84 m) | St. Louis | 1914 |
| Federal Reserve Bank Building | 298 ft (91 m) | Kansas City | 1921 |
| Southwestern Bell Building | 397 ft (121 m) | St. Louis | 1926 |
| Kansas City Power and Light Building | 476 ft (145 m) | Kansas City | 1931 |
| One US Bank Plaza | 484 ft (148 m) | St. Louis | 1976 |
| Town Pavilion | 591 ft (180 m) | Kansas City | 1986 |
| One Kansas City Place | 624 ft (190 m) | Kansas City | 1988 |
See also
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