Department of Horticultural Science
1880s
Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany established as one of the five original academic divisions of the North Carolina College of Agricultue and Mechanic Arts
1890s
Entomology curriculum taught within the Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany.
Greenhouse1900s
Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany moved to Patterson Hall (originally, "Agricultural Hall")
1920s
Curriculum in landscape architecture established as a component of courses in the Department of Horticulture.
1940s
Work done in food science is scattered throughout several departments, namely Animal Industry, Horticulture, and Poultry Science.
Division of Landscape Architecture established within the Department of Horticulture.
1950s
The new building housing the School of Forestry and the Department of Horticulture was formally dedicated as Kilgore Hall, named in honor of the late Dr. Benjamin Wesley Kilgore, former Dean of Agriculture, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the first head of North Carolina's Agricultural Extension Service.
Entrance to Department of Forestry, Kilgore Hall, North Carolina State CollegeThe Department of Horticulture moved to Kilgore Hall.
1960s
The Department of Horticulture was renamed the Department of Horticultural Science. More historical information exists on the department's website.
Horticultural Science class in greenhouse