Center for the History of Family Medicine 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211-2672 Telephone: (913) 906-6007 Fax: (913) 906-6095 Administered by the Email: [email protected] American Academy of Family Physicians Website: www.aafpfoundation.org/chfm Foundation
HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS OF THE AAGP/AAFP*
June to December 1947: The AAGP had no permanent office space. Until an Executive Director could be hired, Dr. Stanley Truman from Oakland, California, served as Secretary of the AAGP. He handled correspondence out of his own office, using his own office help.
January to March 23, 1948: The AAGP was administered by Mac Cahal, the first Executive Director, from the headquarters office of the American College of Radiology in Chicago. Mr. Cahal had been Executive Secretary and General Counsel of the ACR and worked part-time for both organizations until he could take over the AAGP on a full-time basis.
March 23, 1948 to March 1949: 231 W. 47th Street Kansas City, Missouri Known as the Plaza Theatre Building. Rented space.
March 1949 to July 1956: 406 W. 34th Street Kansas City, Missouri Known as the Porter Building and later the VFW Building. Rented space.
July 1956 to June 1973: Volker Boulevard at Brookside Kansas City, Missouri First building constructed by the Academy for use as its Headquarters. Dedicated Sept. 1, 1956. Mortgage burned in 1961. Building demolished by the University of Missouri-Kansas City in October 2015.
*Lists only main headquarters offices, not annexed spaces used for overflow or warehouse spaces. Rev. 02-05-2019 June 1973 to April 1988: 1740 W. 92nd Street (92nd & State Line Road) Kansas City, Missouri Building originally constructed for Yellow Freight Trucking Company. Academy purchased. Mortgage burned in November 1974.
April 1988 to October 1999: 8880 Ward Parkway Kansas City, Missouri Built in 1981 as headquarters for Kroh Brothers Development Company, a local real estate firm. Academy purchased out of bankruptcy in late 1987, then sold it into a joint partnership with Executive Hills, Inc. several months later.
October 1999 to present: 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway Leawood, Kansas Built by the AAFP. Dedicated November 4, 1999.
*Lists only main headquarters offices, not annexed spaces used for overflow or warehouse spaces. Rev. 02-05-2019