Friends University
Location
Wichita, KS
Student Size
1,671
College Type
Private University
About Our College
The building now known as the Davis Administration Building and formerly as University Hall was completed in September 1887[5] to house Garfield University. Garfield was an effort by the Christian Churches of Kansas led by Dr. W.B. Hendryx to build a Christian college in the Wichita area. Hendryx wanted to name the college after his good friend, President James Garfield.[6] At the time, it occupied the largest single building used for educational purposes west of the Mississippi river. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.