 The building on Fayette and Holliday Streets had been in a state of decline for two decades . It was not until 1873 , when a fire spread from the Holliday Street Theater to the " Assembly Rooms " , that the City Council dedicated the resources to erect a new building for City College . A lot was acquired on North Howard Street opposite West Centre Street and the Council allocated $ 150 @,@ 000 for the construction of the new building designed by Baltimore architect Edmund G. Lind . The new English Gothic revival @-@ styled building faced east on Howard Street and was dedicated on February 1 , 1875 . The school moved in the following week . 
