Wolf Hall and Rev. Dr. L. B. Wolf

Wolf Hall is a Boy’s hostel named in honor of the Rev. Dr. L. B. Wolf, an American Lutheran missionary in India for 24 years. He was the first principal of Andhra Christian College.

Luther Benaiah Wolf was born in Pennsylvania, one of eight children to his parents. He was educated at Gettysburg High School, College and Seminary; licensed by the West Pennsylvania Synod in 1882 and was appointed to the foreign field in December, 1882.

Rev. Wolf along with his wife arrived in Guntur on November 29, 1883. He took charge of the high school and English work from Rev. L. L. Uhl in January 1885 and had charge also of the boarding boys’ hostel and Guntur congregation till 1890. During his principalship the high school was raised to a college and affiliated to the Madras University, to which he was appointed a Fellow by Lord Wenlock, the chancellor of the university in March, 1893. Rev. Wolf supervised the construction of first permanent building for A. C. College, known as Arthur G. Watts’s memorial building. Ground was broken in 1889 by his five year old son George Benner, who was born in Guntur and died of Cholera within a month of ground breaking ceremony. Overall, Rev. Dr. Wolf had ably served the college for eighteen years.

In addition to the numerous engagements, his contributions to the literary field are notable. As determined during the Mission’s jubilee celebration, he had written an admirable historical sketch of the General Synod's mission work in India. It’s titled — “After Fifty Years”, a historical sketch of the Guntur Mission. He also edited and published “Missionary Heroes of the Lutheran Church” which includes extensive profiles of a number of India missionaries.

He returned to the United States in 1907, served as general secretary and also in other executive roles for the Board of Foreign Mission of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. At the age of 82, Rev. L. B. Wolf, D.D. died in Baltimore, MD.