At this stop, if you close your eyes, you might hear the voices of children playing at recess, or coming in or coming home from school. For over 80 years this building was a schoolhouse, first as a grammar school and then as a high school. The building was designed by noted Annapolis born architect Henry Powell Hopkins (1891-1985), who designed public buildings all over Maryland. This is his last surviving school building, but just barely. In the 1980s, this building was almost demolished but thanks to some forward thinking citizens, it was saved from the wrecking ball.
Renovated in 2010, OCC is an award-winning, LEEDS (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold certified building with state of the art geothermal HVAC, sound and lighting systems, a large auditorium, a full commercial kitchen. There are several rooms, former classrooms with original blackboards, that are used for classes and meetings and can be rented for a variety of activities.
The next stop (#35) is a quarter mile away, and the last stop (#36) is 2 miles up the Oxford Road. You might want to get your bicycle or car.
