 The former Franklin Park School on Route 27, built in 1909, was a two-room building until three more rooms were added in 1931.Renamed the Phillips School in 1954 in honor of Jane E. Phillips, who had earlier invested in a school to be built by that name in honor of her late husband at Ten Mile Run (closed since 1931) and established a trust fund for graduates of the Phillips school to attend New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton (most recently known as The College of New Jersey), it ceased being used as a public school in 1976.The building was then used by Franklin Township's Recreation Department until 1993 when it was abandoned due to structural problems.