Located between the Lincoln Memorial and the U.S. Department of State and adjacent to the National Academy of Sciences, the site for APhA headquarters was authorized by an act of Congress in 1932 and is the only privately owned building on the National Mall.

The original structure has become known as the Pope building, after the architect John Russell Pope, whose work includes some of the most famous structures in Washington, DC. Pope was the architect for the Jefferson Memorial, National Archives, National Gallery of Art, and Constitution Hall.

The dedication of APhA headquarters was held on May 9, 1934. Twenty-five years later, in 1959, APhA broke ground for an annex to the original structure. The annex was completed within a year and dedicated during the 1960 APhA Annual Meeting. More than 40 years later, plans were unveiled at the 2001 APhA Annual Meeting to purchase the land behind APhA headquarters and replace the annex with a new structure. On January 26, 2007, APhA broke ground on a project that would add more than 300,000 square feet of space and enhance the historic Pope building.

The renovation and expansion of APhA headquarters augments the vision of Henry A.B. Dunning, Chair of the APhA All-Pharmacy Headquarters Building Campaign, who predicted in the 1934 dedication that "immediately in the rear of this building, there will begin the erection of another building" that will provide a venue for pharmacists from all related associations to gather to explore new opportunities, foster partnerships, and demonstrate the importance of the profession to the public, media, and policy makers.

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