Friendswood

Friendswood was founded in 1895 by a group of Friends, or Quakers, led by F. J. Brown and T. H. Lewis, who acquired the land from J. C. League and named the settlement Friendswood. From the beginning, church and school were central to community life. In 1900 an academy building was erected on this site with lumber from huge pine trees felled by the 1900 hurricane. The Friends Church, which until 1958 was the community's only church, used the academy building for both worship and education. In its early years it provided the only secondary educational facilities for the surrounding area. The last school term was held in 1938, and the building continued in use for worship until 1949, when it was replaced by a more modern structure. The community's heritage, received from its founders, is based on Christ's words, "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." John 15:14

Friendswood, Texas · United States