201 Comments for Jacob Tome School for Boys (Bainbridge USNTC)

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i attended there as a midshipman candidate in 1970-71,,,it was a grand old building...sad to see it like this...i always wanted to see it again
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tonight we will be preforming for the dead
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I attended the Naval Academy Prep School in 1969 at the Tome School, staying in the Harrison House. Our classes were in the main tower building and a rec center and gym were in the building just south of the Jackson House. I think it was called the "Tome Inn".
It't strange to see it all as a ruin today and makes me realize how temporary our lives really are. The pictures are a real treat. Thanks for taking the time to record their current status.
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Just happened to come across this site. Like everything in life it wasn't by chance however. My father was in the Navy on this base and I left the base in 1972 when I graduated from high school. I haven't been back as I live in CA now. But the base and this place has always fascinated me and what it looked like now. Bainbridge was an erie place to be as a child. Even then many buildings were abandoned. The town of Port Deposit that this place is set in is also something from a movie. These buildings were magnificent then as are these pictures!
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Lived on this base as a child until 1972. Used to run around these old buildings and even had a friend that lived in an old Tome school house that the commanding officer of the base lived in. Thank you for showing these and bringing back memories that hadn't been thought of for 40 years almost.
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I think it's a light that fell
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I do Matt lol
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looks like a chipmunk to me
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Attended NAPS in 1961 @ Tome School. Was very impressive then. Stopped at the old gate area for base in 2006, but didn't see anything else. Read article [ 2011] that Port Deposit wants to restore some of buildings & redevelop base area also.
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There's one smart piece o plaster, anyway... all comfy in a front-row seat...
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...how many hands grabbed that thing as people bounded up those steps....
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Gorgeous. I've never seen a staircase quite that ornate.
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Awesome!!
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The whole interior of the building reminds me so much of my old school, which was built in 1881 in the style of an neo-classical palace.
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wall paper??