| State of Georgia Building | |
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 Interactive map of State of Georgia Building | |
| Former names | First National Bank Building Wachovia Bank of Georgia Building |
| Alternative names | 2 Peachtree Street |
| General information | |
| Type | Government offices |
| Location | 2 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia United States |
| Coordinates | 33°45′15″N84°23′26″W / 33.754158°N 84.390589°W /33.754158; -84.390589 |
| Completed | 1966 |
| Owner | State of Georgia |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 182.6 m (599 ft) |
| Roof | 169.47 m (556.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 44 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Cecil Alexander[1] FABRAP Emery Roth & Sons |
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TheState of Georgia Building (also known as2 Peachtree Street and previously known as theFirst National Bank Building[6]) is a 44-story, 566 feet (173 m) skyscraper located indowntownAtlanta,Georgia,U.S. Built in 1966, the building was the tallest building in the Southeast at the time.[2] It wasAtlanta's tallest until 1976, when theWestin Peachtree Plaza surpassed it.[2] It was built on the site of thePeachtree Arcade,A. Ten Eyck Brown's 1917 covered shopping arcade which connected Peachtree and Broad streets.[7] 2 Peachtree Street was originally constructed as the newheadquarters building for First National Bank of Atlanta, also known as First Atlanta,[8] replacing its older (1905) headquarters building next door (the lower half of which remains today asGeorgia State'sAndrew Young School of Policy Studies). It was designed by a partnership of Atlanta architectural firmFABRAP and New York firm Emery Roth & Sons.[9] First Atlanta was acquired by the holding company forWachovia Bank in 1985, but continued to operate under its own charter until 1991.[8] In 1991, under new liberalized banking laws, First Atlanta was merged into the charter of Wachovia Bank of Georgia. Shortly thereafter, Wachovia moved its Georgia offices to191 Peachtree and 2 Peachtree Street was acquired by the state ofGeorgia for government offices.[2]
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