Wells College 170 Main Street

The former campus of Wells College is available for purchase. Partial sales will be considered. Please direct inquiries via email to Mark Rupprecht and Ed Kiesa. The campus is approximately ±113 acres featuring over 1,100 feet of frontage along Cayuga Lake, 25 buildings, a large turf athletic field, and tennis courts in Aurora, New York overlooking the lake.

Centrally located between Syracuse, Rochester, and Ithaca, the property is nestled in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of New York. Its built-in amenities include an athletic center, theater, dining hall, and historic buildings provide a unique opportunity, whether as an acquisition for another institutional user or as a redevelopment for a creative developer looking to repurpose this beautiful site. As of September 24, 2026, the property is zoned primarily Institutional or Mixed Use with a small portion as Open Space / Outdoor Recreation within the Village of Aurora. The eastern most of the property in the Town of Ledyard is zoned Agricultural Residential. Questions regarding your anticipated use should be directed to the appropriate zoning officials.

Closed as of June 30, 2024, Wells College was founded in 1868 as Wells Seminary, a women’s college later renamed Wells College. Over the course of its history, Wells grew from a small seminary educating the young women of New York to a nationally recognized co-educational college drawing a diverse student body from many states and several countries.