Danforth turns 60
Little Chapel on the Hill—Kansas Alumni article
The brides of Danforth have braved ice storms and record cold, blistering winds and triple-digit heat. They’ve dressed for their big day in hotel rooms or rooming houses or the Kansas Union, then dodged buses and flirted with frostbite to cross Jayhawk Boulevard as “The Bridal Chorus” began. They’ve arrived at the appointed hour to find a total stranger grooving “The Godfather” theme on the chapel organ, and to find no organist at all—in which case the bridesmaids hummed “Here Comes the Bride.”
But of the estimated 5,000 brides who’ve married 5,000 grooms in this tiny chapel’s first 60 years,
only one—as far as we know—has done so with the whiff of gunpowder in the air. Read more.
Danforth Slide Show
View our photo slide show of Danforth days gone by.
Something Old, Something New
Proposed renovations for Danforth include 600 additional square feet. Read more.
