“1st skyscraper built in India, on Mount road, in Madras”, The building stands 54 meters tall and is located on the busy Anna Salai (formerly known as Mount Road) in Chennai. The LIC Building was the tallest building in India when it was finished in 1959, but it was overtaken in 1961 by Mumbai's first skyscraper, the Usha Kiran Building, which is around 80 meters high.

The building symbolized the region's switch from lime-and-brick construction to concrete columns