Wells College is a private liberal arts college in Aurora, New York. The college had cross-enrollment with Cornell University and Ithaca College. For much of its history it was a women's college. Wells College is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is within the Aurora Village–Wells College Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The college will close at the end of the Spring 2024 semester due to financial difficulties.
1891 illustration of the Main Building
Wells College bell tower, part of Main Building
Wells College Boathouse on the Cayuga Lake
Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
Aurora, or Aurora-on-Cayuga, is a village and college town in the town of Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, United States, on the shore of Cayuga Lake. The village had a population of 724 at the 2010 census.
Aerial view of Aurora from south by southwest, 2013. The village is along the straight stretch of the Cayuga Lake shore just above lower right of photo.
The Aurora Inn