"Lovers' Lane" (c.1850-1929)

"Lovers' Lane" was a tree-lined path in the John Dickinson campus at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania that provided a direct route from the main campus entrance at the corner of West and High Streets to East College. The path apparently was the favorite spot of many a college student, a place to while away the hours with friends or perhaps even with young ladies, possibly giving rise to the name. The path seems to have fallen out of favor with the student population, however, after the First World War.

The re-landscaping of the quadrangle in 1929 and the removal of many of the trees in that area of the campus have effectively erased any trace of the once-infamous "Lovers' Lane."