The Tome School for Boys now lies abandoned but originally began in 1894 and was founded by Jacob Tome. It was a nonsectarian college preparatory school that went from kindergarten through 12th grade. Upon the death of Jacob Tome in 1898 more than 2 million dollars were left as an endowment (over $54 million today). For the next 4 years granite buildings were added to the campus designed in beaux arts style by architects William Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton. The school site was eventually abandoned in the 1980’s . The buildings are in ruin.