Lancaster's Northwest quadrant is north of Walnut Stree and west of Prince Street. The area is conveniently known as the Northwest, or Northwest Lancaster. Franklin & Marshall College is located in Northwest Lancaster, west of College Avenue and north of Buchanan Avenue. The housing in the Northwest is not very different from the rest of the city: rowhouses and duplexes are dominant, but houses in the Northwest tend to have more ornate cornices and other exterior decorations. In the upper corner of Northwest Lancaster, near Prince Street and near Clipper Magazine Stadium, tobacco warehouses were prevalent and were used to try and cure tobacco.
The Lark Building, built in 1894 in the Romanesue Revival style. This is the main building of Lancaster Theological Seminary at the corner of College Avenue and James Street.
Rowhouses on James Street. Many of these houses are rented by Franklin & Marshall students, since W. James Street is one of only a few streets where houses are deemed "non-family units" and can house more than two unrelated people.
More rowhouses on James Street in the Northwest neighborhood.
Rowhouses on Pine Street.
Rowhouses on Lemon Street in the Northwest neighborhood.
More rowhouses on Lemon Street.
Rowhouses on Mary Street in Northwest Lancaster.
The College Hill Apartments on Charlotte Street. These buildings were once used as tobacco warehouses, and the warehouses were converted into apartments around 2000.
Rowhouses on Lancaster Avenue.
Duplexes on James Street.
Rowhouses at the intersection of College Avenue and Lemon Street/Buchanan Avenue.
Franklin & Marshall is the 17th oldest college in the United States, being established in 1787. Franklin & Marshcall started out as two separate schools: Franklin College in Lancaster in 1787, founded through money granted by Benjamin Franklin, and Marshall College of Mercersburg Pennsylvania, named after former Chief Justice John Marshall. The school is a Division III school and is a member of the Centennial Conference.
Franklin & Marshall is deemed to be one of the better small schools in the nation. It is regularly ranked in the top 25 of academic schools in the nation, and is ranked the best school in the nation in faculty accessability.
The Franklin & Marshall campus. Huegel Alumni House, with Old Main in the background.
Old Main, from the Henry J. Marshall Gate located along College Avenue.
A statue of Benjamin Franklin in front of Keiper Hall.
Diagnothian Hall is on the right, and the Distler House in in the center.
The statue of Abraham de Peyster. The statue was a gift from John Watts de Peyster, an descendant of Abraham de Peyster, who was a mayor of New York City in the 17th century. John Watts de Peyster gave the statue to F&M because of a dispute de Peyster had with New York City officials, and he had the statue moved from a green next to his family's New York City home. The statue originally sat in front of the Franklin & Marshall library, which de Peyster had built as a donation earlier. In the background is Buchanan Park.
Hensel Hall, which contains the Barshinger Center for Performing Arts.
Along Harrisburg Pike, Franklin & Marshall is building College Row, which will be an apartment complex for students.
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