Walter W. Rose

{{Short description|American politician and real estate developer}}

{{Other people||Walter Rose (disambiguation){{!}}Walter Rose}}

Walter W. Rose was an American politician and real estate developer in Florida. He served in the Florida Senate including as President of the Florida Senate. He was a Democrat.

Rose moved to Florida in 1909.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXjlBgAAQBAJ&q=walter+rose+orlando&pg=PA27|title=College Park|first=Tana Mosier|last=Porter|date=February 16, 2015|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439649480|via=Google Books}} He bought the Ericsson house in 1920. He platted the Rosemere subdivision in Orlando's College Park subdivision and donated land for what is now Dickson Azalea Park along Fern Creek.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/cities/orlando/urban-sanctuariesorlando-natural-peace-in-the-midst-of-urban-bustle.html|title=Orlando Botanical Garden and 4 Urban Sanctuaries in Central Florida|website=Visit Florida|date=18 April 2017 }} Rose named the streets in the area he platted for colleges.

He served in the State Senate from 1933 until 1948 as a Democrat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/23115|title=Portrait of Democrat legislator Walter W. Rose.|first=State Library and Archives of|last=Florida|website=Florida Memory}}