1103 North Topeka Avenue, Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States
There are seven bedrooms in Purdue House, one on the main floor, four on the second floor, and two on the third floor. The main floor bedroom has a queen-size bed. On the second floor there is one king-size beds, two queen-size beds, and one twin-size bed. On the third floor there is one king-size bed and one queen-size bed. There is an ADA-compliant bathroom on the first floor next to the bedroom. There are two bathrooms on the second floor, and a bathroom on the third floor. All bathrooms have showers. There is a kitchen, dining room, living room and sitting room on the first floor. There is a business center on the second floor, and a children's play room on the third floor.
There are TVs in the first floor living room, the second floor business center, and in each bedroom except for the second floor bedroom with the twin-size bed. The TV in the living room has access to cable and ESPN for those who don't want to miss and important game. Wireless internet is available throughout the house. The business center has a Windows 7 computer. We do have a modest library of popular movies on DVD available for playing on the business center computer. The kitchen is stocked with all the utensils that you would need for preparing meals for your group. The dining room table is large enough to seat ten adults, and there are extra folding chairs available. There are a number of fans available for those who need airflow and/or noise in order to sleep. There are apartment-size refrigerators in the two third-floor bedrooms and in the second-floor business center. In the outside courtyard there are a barbeque, a smoker and a firepit, along with wood, charcoal, kindling, starter fluid and matches. We always provide Dunkin Donuts coffee and several flavors of coffee creamer. We can provide a nice hefty JBL wireless Bluetooth speaker for use upon request. We have a baby gate at the top of the first-to-second floor stairs. We have a children's play room on the third floor. Finally, we have family passes to a world-class YMCA facility only several minutes from the house. This YMCA has excellent pools for children, a lap swimming pool for adults, a jacuzzi, steam room and dry sauna (you would need to bring your own swimming apparel).
Purdue House was built in 1887. It is one of only four remaining houses in Wichita that was built in the late 19th century Queen Anne architectural style. The house is named after the first owner of the house, Dr. George Clinton Purdue, a nephew of the founder of Purdue University. Dr. Purdue used the first floor for his medical practice while the family lived upstairs. Legend has it that Dr. Purdue treated Wyatt Earp for a dog bite injury in this house. Dr. Purdue arrived in Wichita in 1887 after declining the offer of chair of anatomy at Purdue University, making Wichita his home. In Wichita, he eventually became chief surgical member of the medical staff of Wichita Hospital, and he served for a time as secretary of the Kansas State Medical Association. He died in the prime of his career, of complications from appendicitis. Oddly enough, this was one of the ailments in which he had specialized.