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Baltimore City College
Baltimore City College, known colloquially as City, City College, and B.C.C., is a college preparatory school with a classical liberal arts focus in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in October 1839, B.C.C. is one of oldest active public high schools in the United States. City College is a public exam school and an International Baccalaureate World School at which students in the ninth and tenth grades participate in the IB Middle Years Programme while students in the eleventh and twelfth grades participate in the IB Diploma Programme.
The school is situated on Collegian Hill, its 38 acres (0.15 km2) hilltop campus located in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. The main academic campus building, a designated National Historic Landmark, is constructed of granite and limestone in a Collegiate Gothic architectural style and features a 200-foot-tall (61 m) Gothic tower.
In response to growing public demand for advanced education, the Baltimore City Council unanimously passed a resolution on March 7, 1839, to establish a public high school. "The High School" opened on October 20, 1839, with 46 pupils and Nathan C. Brooks (1809–1898), a respected classics scholar and poet, serving as its first principal. Initially located on Courtland Street (now Saint Paul Street/Place), the school relocated multiple times in its first three years before returning to its original site. In 1843, the City Council allocated $23,000 (equivalent to $775,817 in 2024) to purchase the Assembly Rooms building at East Fayette and Holliday Streets for the school's permanent location.
In 1850, graduates were granted certificates of completion. The following year, the school's first official commencement ceremony was held at the Front Street Theatre. At this time, the school was renamed the "Central High School of Baltimore." Influential lawyer and orator Severn Teackle Wallis (1816–1894) served as the inaugural commencement speaker.
In 1865, the Baltimore City Council recommended renaming the school. In 1866, the name "The Baltimore City College" was officially adopted, and the academic track was expanded to five years.
Although not granted degree-conferring powers by the Maryland General Assembly, the school's advanced curriculum allowed many graduates to receive college-level credit, particularly at nearby Johns Hopkins University.
After a fire in 1873 destroyed the Assembly Rooms facility, the city acquired a new site on North Howard Street and allocated $150,000 (equivalent to $3.56 million in 2024) for a new building. Designed by Edmund G. Lind and George A. Frederick, the structure opened in 1875 in a Gothic Revival style.
This building collapsed in August 1892 during the construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Howard Street Tunnel. Classes were temporarily relocated to buildings on Dolphin Street and North Paca Street.
Baltimore City College
Baltimore City College, known colloquially as City, City College, and B.C.C., is a college preparatory school with a classical liberal arts focus in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in October 1839, B.C.C. is one of oldest active public high schools in the United States. City College is a public exam school and an International Baccalaureate World School at which students in the ninth and tenth grades participate in the IB Middle Years Programme while students in the eleventh and twelfth grades participate in the IB Diploma Programme.
The school is situated on Collegian Hill, its 38 acres (0.15 km2) hilltop campus located in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. The main academic campus building, a designated National Historic Landmark, is constructed of granite and limestone in a Collegiate Gothic architectural style and features a 200-foot-tall (61 m) Gothic tower.
In response to growing public demand for advanced education, the Baltimore City Council unanimously passed a resolution on March 7, 1839, to establish a public high school. "The High School" opened on October 20, 1839, with 46 pupils and Nathan C. Brooks (1809–1898), a respected classics scholar and poet, serving as its first principal. Initially located on Courtland Street (now Saint Paul Street/Place), the school relocated multiple times in its first three years before returning to its original site. In 1843, the City Council allocated $23,000 (equivalent to $775,817 in 2024) to purchase the Assembly Rooms building at East Fayette and Holliday Streets for the school's permanent location.
In 1850, graduates were granted certificates of completion. The following year, the school's first official commencement ceremony was held at the Front Street Theatre. At this time, the school was renamed the "Central High School of Baltimore." Influential lawyer and orator Severn Teackle Wallis (1816–1894) served as the inaugural commencement speaker.
In 1865, the Baltimore City Council recommended renaming the school. In 1866, the name "The Baltimore City College" was officially adopted, and the academic track was expanded to five years.
Although not granted degree-conferring powers by the Maryland General Assembly, the school's advanced curriculum allowed many graduates to receive college-level credit, particularly at nearby Johns Hopkins University.
After a fire in 1873 destroyed the Assembly Rooms facility, the city acquired a new site on North Howard Street and allocated $150,000 (equivalent to $3.56 million in 2024) for a new building. Designed by Edmund G. Lind and George A. Frederick, the structure opened in 1875 in a Gothic Revival style.
This building collapsed in August 1892 during the construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Howard Street Tunnel. Classes were temporarily relocated to buildings on Dolphin Street and North Paca Street.