Aflac Building facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Aflac Building
General information
Type	Office
Location	1932 Wynnton Road, Columbus, Georgia, United States
Completed	December 1974 – December 1975
Height
Antenna spire	13 ft
Roof	246 ft (75 m)
Top floor	unknown
Technical details
Floor count	19
Design and construction
Architect	Hecht Burdeshaw Architects, Inc.

The Aflac Building, located in Columbus, Georgia, was ordered in late November 1974, the groundbreaking ceremony took place January 4, 1975, and the tower was complete and occupied on December 19, 1975. The tower is the tallest building in the U.S. state of Georgia outside of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area, Savannah, and Augusta. It Is located about 1 mile east of downtown. The building is 246 feet (75 m) tall. It serves as the headquarters for Aflac, an insurance company. The tower was to modernize the downtown Columbus area along with the Columbus government center built a year earlier.