What are the taller buildings in outstate Missouri? Not counting KC & STL Metro. What is the tallest outside of the Metro's?

Don't know about the tallest per se, but the KFVS tower in Cape Girardeau is about 100' or so. And it's not the tallest by any stretch, but the Tower Inn in Salem has got to be the most out of place building I've ever seen.

Tower Inn-Salem -- OMG, I assumed that I was the only person in the world outside of Salem that has seen that building. Wow, it is truly out of place. Or to be nice, a memorable landmark. I wonder how tall it is. I haven't heard anyone mention it in my entire life until now, but I have seen it a couple of times.

Expat wrote:What are the taller buildings in outstate Missouri? Not counting KC & STL Metro. What is the tallest outside of the Metro's?

Springfield, MO's tallest building is the 22 story Hammons tower. Other than that their skyline isn't that interesting.

I am assuming that the tallest buildings in MO outside of STL & KC are in Springfield. Perhaps a Hammons building? And then outside of STL, KC, & SPG, I would say the tallest building is either in a college town (dorm) or maybe in Jefferson City.

Springfield:

Hammons Tower- 22 stories 268 feet

Heer's Tower - 10 stories 156 ft

Sunvilla Tower- 18 stories



Jefferson City:

Jefferson State Office Building- 13 stories

Hotel La Bella, Jefferson City - 13 stories 155 ft



Columbia:

Tiger Columns, 10 stories 109 ft

numerous 8-9 story dorms on Mizzou campus



Branson:

Inspiration Tower= 235 ft (5 floors)

25, 18, 17 story towers "approved" with a 14 and two 12 stories under construction



St. Joseph:

The Fountains at Corby Place (very good looking)= 14 stories 160 ft.

Wesley Senior Towers= 12 stories



Cape Girardeau has the 13 story Hirsch Tower and several 12 story towers



Thanks Emporis and Skyscraperpage

tbspqr wrote:Here in Rolla the tallest is the 9 story Thomas Jefferson Dorm. I think that any cities other than what were mentioned with buildings over 5 stories - they are more than likely related to that, kirksville, warrensburg, where ever Northwest Missouri State is...?!. I would expect to see a little more development in Springfield within the next 10 years, as they approach 1/2 million people in their metro area. As soon as their metro starts acting urban - it will certianly help out STL and KC

Unless one building fell, which is very possible considering the construction quality, isn't Thomas Jefferson 11 stories?

tbspqr wrote:Springfield:

Hammons Tower- 22 stories 268 feet

Heer's Tower - 10 stories 156 ft

Sunvilla Tower- 18 stories

I don't think Springfield's skyline is all that bad, especially since many of the John Q. Hammons-built structures (the Hammons Tower, One Parkway Place, University Plaza Hotel, and the civic buildings like Jordan Valley Expo Center, Jordan Valley Ice Center, and Hammons Field) are a few blocks east of Park Central Square. Frankly I wish they would've been concentrated a little closer to the core of downtown Springfield, but that area still looks nice overall.



Aside from the old Heer's department store and the neighboring Landers Building (which is used for Missouri state offices), there are several midrise structures downtown like the Holland, Woodruff, and McDaniel buildings, Great Southern Bank, etc. I was rather p*ssed when Missouri State University demolished the Colonial Hotel (Jefferson Avenue at Park Central East, near the McDaniel and across from The Woodruff) about a decade ago. It was in sad shape but would've been an awesome reuse candidate.



There are more midrise and taller structures scattered throughout town. The hotel at Glenstone and Kearney is several stories tall, there's the Plaza Towers (oddly named since there's just one tower) at Glenstone and Sunshine, and several midrise structures on the St. John's and Cox Health medical center campuses.



The area just east of downtown's core where most of the Hammons buildings are began taking shape in the 1980s, after Springfield had a growth spurt through the 1960s and 1970s. Now that the region is rapidly growing and downtown revitalization is coming along nicely, I wouldn't be surprised if we see some new additions to the Springfield skyline in the coming years along with renovated buildings like Heer's.

The Tower Inn in Salem was always a landmark on my way to float trips on the Current River. I wonder if it was ever financially succesful?

Updated with pics as I could find them:

tbspqr wrote:Springfield:

Hammons Tower- 22 stories 268 feet







Heer's Tower - 10 stories 156 ft







Sunvilla Tower- 18 stories







Jefferson City:

Jefferson State Office Building- 13 stories







Hotel La Bella, Jefferson City - 13 stories 155 ft







Columbia:

Tiger Columns, 10 stories 109 ft







numerous 8-9 story dorms on Mizzou campus



Branson:

Inspiration Tower= 235 ft (5 floors)









25, 18, 17 story towers "approved" with a 14 and two 12 stories under construction



ADDED: Chateau on the Lake, for some reason, is listed as a low-rise building on Emporis. It is actually 10 stories tall, though I've not been able to find an exact height:











St. Joseph:

The Fountains at Corby Place (very good looking)= 14 stories 160 ft.

Wesley Senior Towers= 12 stories



Cape Girardeau has the 13 story Hirsch Tower







and several 12 story towers



Thanks Emporis and Skyscraperpage

-RBB

^ Thanks for posting those pictures! It gives people on this forum that may not be all that familiar with outstate Missouri a frame of reference!



Some of the downtowns aren't quite what they could or should be yet, but that is starting to change as smaller communities realize the value of their historic centers. Springfield's downtown is coming along quite nicely after falling hard in the 1980s and early 1990s. I've always been disappointed in the lack of tall buildings in downtown Columbia besides The Tiger, but you'd be hard pressed to find a more vibrant and interesting downtown in a city that size.

RBB - thanks for the pics!



What is SunVilla -Condo? Apt?



Does anyone know anything about the Salem "high-rise". Just curious. How tall? The name? Purpose?



Does the new development in downtown Branson/Waterfront include any tall buildings?

I don't see a problem with the dome being the most prominent building in a capital city. However, some well placed tall buildings along that bluff would look great. And have interesting views.

Expat, I agree on both accounts. There's sort of a quaint charm to the way Jefferson City looks now, but some taller buildings along the bluffs of the Missouri River near the capitol would make the downtown look a bit more impressive overall.

The Tower Inn in Salem was a hotel, I believe. Last time I saw it was in '94, and I'm pretty sure it was abandoned even then.

I remember a large hubub a year or two ago because someone wanted to build a 25 story skyscraper in Branson. It was the same developer that did the Landing, and they wanted to build a upscale hotel/condo on the north side of town at US 65 and 248.



It was big news for a while.



I haven't heard anything about it since and construction has definitely not been started, so I'm guessing the city council eventually voted it down in its current form. Local opposition was pretty heavy. But on a trip to the developer's website, I noticed another pretty large buildingthey are planning in the area. 17 floors right across the lake from the Landing. This new project might be more doable as it is close to the Landing and doesn't make as much of a statement as the 25 story building did.

Expat, to sort of answer your question, this has been built accross the street from the Landing



http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/H ... i/index.do



It's 12 stories, I believe and very un-Branson like. I recently stayed at the Hilton Prommenade at the Landing and it was VERY un-Branson. The whole Landing developement is actually very nice. I think some St. Louis developers could learn a thing or two from it!

Thanks for the info Jeffrk. The Branson Hilton looks good. The river in that area is scenic. Hope they have put in a nice boardwalk.