Built in 100 in Port Deposit, Maryland, Jacob Tome School for boys was funded and appointed an after one of the richest men in the country at the time. After serving as a center of education, it would continue to wear many hats, including a training center for the Army and Navy during World War II.
Having been abandoned since 190, the building is now a decaying skeleton itself plagued by graffiti, arson, and the squatter homeless casual. Redditor GuoKaiFeng snuck into his room to see what was left of the old school ...
When Jacob Tome arrived in Cecil County, Maryland, it was without penny, but after investing in a company and the ways of iron wood, and the establishment of four banks, it became the first millionaire of the county.
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The wealthy businessman founded a school in Port-strong in 1894 called Jacob Tome School for boys.
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The school was a successful college preparatory school, and was part of a system of schools Tome founded that started with kindergarten and extended by the school.
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Tome is died in 1898, just four years after the school was founded. He left 3 million dollars in the project staffing (worth over $ 85 million today) to his wife Evalyn. She continued to use the money to build the school.
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Supervised by renowned architect Robert Peabody, the new campus was designed by William Edward Boring and Tilton, who had just completed the immigration Ellis Island award-winning resort.
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In 100 the main campus buildings were built. additional floors were added to the original buildings with panoramic views of the Susquehanna River. In 102, the school had more than a dozen buildings.
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Among other things, the selected school pensions, an outdoor pool, batting cages, a gym, a theater and a hotel for guest speakers.
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Many famous men once attended this school, including children Carnegie Mellon and families.
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Unfortunately, funding for school Tome finally decreased. In 1942 he was moved from the original campus at one in the center of Port Deposit.
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When Pearl Harbor arrived in 1941, the government was eager to buy training facility for the Navy. After the school moved, property with 50 plots of surrounding agricultural land was purchased to build a new campus for recruits.
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Five hundred buildings were built to train new recruits. Approximately 38,000 people roamed the campus, doubling the population of Cecil County itself. The property became known as USNTC Bainbridge.
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The center training more than 350,000 sailors prepared for the battle of the Second World war.
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the facility was used for a similar purpose during the Korean war, but because of maintenance problems, the program was interrupted.
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small schools continued to operate on campus for a while, but in 1976, all activities were closed except the Susquehanna Job Corps, which remained until 190.
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in total, the graduated USNTC Bainbridge more than 500,000 recruits.
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is sad to see such an impressive institution, so closely linked to our history, to fall to ruin.
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The property was purchased by the State of Maryland, but was handed over to the Bainbridge development Corporation. They intend to use it to form a multi-use community center, but unfortunately the main building mysteriously burned in 2014.

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