An Urban Walk in Lancaster, PA
Exploring the Arboretum on F&M Campus
Champion Trees & Landmark Architecture

Above: The Pennsylvania Champion silver linden tree.
There are two PA Champion trees on campus, the best ones in the state.

Above: The Winter Visual Arts Center by Architect Steven Holl
It’s the most internationally acclaimed building in Lancaster.

The Walk: Campus Arboretum and Nearby
Distance: 1.80 miles.
Walking time: 45 minutes.
Starting place / ending place:
President Buchanan Statue

Above: Start and end place: President Buchanan Statue
In Buchanan Park

 Franklin and Marshall College Campus
The Caroline Steinman Nunan Arboretum
in Springtime:

 Franklin and Marshall College Campus
The Arboretum in Autumn:

 The College Welcomes Visitors
to the Nunan Arboretum on the Campus:

  “Visiting the Nunan Arboretum is as simple as visiting the F&M campus!” (Quote: Arboretum website)
The entire campus of F&M College is known as the Caroline Steinman Nunan Arboretum. There are more than 1,000 trees on campus, with more than 120 different species.
The college welcomes visitors to explore the arboretum, and provides much information online for tree explorers.
The arboretum’s homepage.
Tree species: A list with descriptions and photos of each species.
Tree map: A map of all the trees

 This Walking Route includes Buchanan Park:

Above: Autumn in Buchanan Park

Above: Autumn in Buchanan Park

 You can follow this route on your phone as you walk,
with the free app AllTrails:

Above: This walking route on AllTrails. The AllTrails app is free.
It is one of the most popular apps for following a walking / hiking route on a phone.

Or you can follow this route on your phone as you walk,
And you can explore this route on any device
with this Google Map Link.

 Above: You can follow this route on your phone as you walk, with this Google map: Google Map Link

 The Walk includes the Geraldine Stutzman Garden:

Above: Kousa dogwoods at the garden entrance. A greenhouse towers overhead.

Above: The Geraldine Stutman Memorial Garden in autumn.

The Stutzman Garden is a gift of Dr. Jacob W. Stutzman, F&M Class of 1937, in memory of his wife Geraldine (Knepper) Stutzman (1920 - 2005). The Stutzmans were from Somerset County, Pennsylvania. More information about this garden.

 The College’s Diplomatic Cafe is on the Route.
It is open to the public.

Above: The Diplomatic Cafe is a casual cafe and coffee bar. It is open to the general public and to the F&M community for meals, coffee and pastries. The cafe is closed during the summer.

 The Route includes Historic Houses near Campus
By Architect C. Emlen Urban
Lancaster’s Most Important Homegrown Architect:

Above: Architect Emlen Urban deisgned this home in 1914 as a residence for himself and his family. 1009 Buchanan Avenue

Above: Architect Emlen Urban designed this1914 home for his sister Katherine L. (Urban) Shirk and her husband Jacob G. Shirk. 420 Race Avenue