House History

House History

Flora Rose House is part of the West Campus House System. Read about its history.

The fifth and final house in the West Campus House System is named for Flora Rose, who was recruited to Cornell over 100 years ago as a lecturer in nutrition. Rose (1874-1959) worked with Martha Van Rensselaer to establish a department, and later a college of home economics that evolved into today's College of Human Ecology.