 Baltimore City College stands on an expansive , tree @-@ shaded 38 @-@ acre ( 153 @,@ 781 m2 ) hill @-@ top campus in northeast Baltimore at the intersection of 33rd Street and the Alameda . The campus , which includes an enormous grassy front lawn with large ancient trees , consists of two buildings : the Gothic @-@ style edifice known locally as the " Castle on the Hill " which sits in the center of the campus , and the power plant building east of the castle . In addition to providing the building 's utilities , the power plant originally housed five workshops : an electrical shop , a mechanical shop , a metal shop , a printing shop , and a wood shop . It currently houses the Coldstream @-@ Homestead @-@ Montebello community corporation headquarters . Both buildings were designed by the architecture firm of Buckler and Fenhagen . 
