Telluride House
| Cornell Branch of the Telluride Association | |
Telluride House logo
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| Abbreviation | CBTA |
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| Named after | Telluride, Colorado |
| Established | 1910 |
| Founder | Lucien Lucius Nunn |
| Type | Residential student society |
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Cornell University undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty |
| Affiliations | Telluride Association |
| Website | telluridehouse |
| Telluride House | |
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The Telluride House, as seen from West Avenue
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| Location | 217 West Ave (Cornell University West Campus) Ithaca, New York United States |
| Coordinates | 42°26′45″N 76°29′13″W / 42.44583°N 76.48694°WCoordinates: 42°26′45″N 76°29′13″W / 42.44583°N 76.48694°W |
| Elevation | 712 feet (217 m) |
| Built | 1910 |
| Restored | 1983 |
| Restored by | Telluride Association |
| Architect | William H. Lepper |
| Architectural style(s) | Arts and Crafts (American Craftsman) |
| Designated | February 22, 2011 |
| Reference no. | 11000042 |
 Location of the Telluride House
Location of the Telluride House
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The Telluride House, formally the Cornell Branch of the Telluride Association (CBTA), and commonly referred to as just "Telluride", is a highly selective residential community of Cornell University students and faculty. Founded in 1910 by American industrialist L. L. Nunn, the house grants room and board scholarships to a number of undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty members affiliated with the university's various colleges and programs. A fully residential intellectual society, the Telluride House takes as its pillars democratic self-governance, communal living and intellectual inquiry.
The Telluride House is considered the first program of the educational non-profit Telluride Association, which was founded a year after the house was built and was first led by the Smithsonian Institution’s fourth Secretary Charles Doolittle Walcott. Nunn went on to found Deep Springs College in 1917. The Telluride Association founded and maintained other branches thereafter, two of which—at Cornell University and at the University of Michigan—are still active. The Association also runs free selective programs for high school students, including the Telluride Association Summer Program.
In its more than a century of operation, the house's membership has included some of Cornell's most notable alumni and faculty members. Located in the university's West Campus, the Telluride House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lucien Lucius Nunn was an American industrialist and entrepreneur involved in the early electrification of the mining industry. To staff the power plants he built, including ones in Colorado and the Olmsted Station Powerhouse in Provo, Utah, Nunn created an early work study program, which he named 'Telluride Institute' after his city of residence of Telluride, Colorado. In the Institute, Nunn's students were trained in engineering and the liberal arts. Upon completion of their institute program, the student workers were sent to various academic institutions on a scholarship from Nunn to further their education. Many of these students went on to study at Cornell University's engineering programs. On Cornell University's campus in Ithaca, Nunn built the Telluride House as a scholarship residence "for bright young men", many of whom have passed through Nunn’s Telluride Institute.
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