Berwick Academy (Maine)

Berwick Academy
Location
South Berwick , Maine United States
Coordinates	43°13′50″N70°48′15″W / 43.23056°N 70.80417°W / 43.23056; -70.80417
Information
Type	Private, Day & Boarding
Motto	Latin: Dei Timor Initium Sapientæ
Religious affiliation(s)	Unaffiliated
Established	1791;234 years ago (1791)
Head of School	James A. Hamilton
Enrollment	520
Student to teacher ratio	8:1
Campus size	80 acres (32 ha)
Campus type	Semi-rural
Color(s)	Blue and White
Athletics conference	Eastern Independent League
Mascot	Bulldog
Website	www.berwickacademy.org
Berwick Academy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Fogg Memorial Building
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Location	Academy St., South Berwick, Maine
Area	80 acres (32 ha)
Built	2010
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque, Victorian, Federal, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	78000336 [1]  (original) 10000058  (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 29, 1978
Boundary increase	March 22, 1996

Berwick Academy is a college preparatory school located in South Berwick, Maine.

Gallery

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  The 1791 House is the original home of the school. Today is houses finance and facilities.
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  Jeppesen Science Center
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  Jackson Library
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  The Fogg Memorial Building, home to Upper School, was landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted

Notable alumni and faculty

• Ichabod Goodwin (1794–1882), 27th Governor of New Hampshire
• Joseph McKean (academic) (1776–1818), Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, founder of Porcellian Club. Served as Berwick's second headmaster.
• John Holmes Burleigh (1822–77), U.S. Congressman from Maine, namesake of the Burleigh-Davidson Building, his former home
• John Noble Goodwin (1824–87) U.S. Congressman from Maine, Congressional Delegate from Arizona Territory, Chief Justice of Arizona Territory, and the first governor of Arizona
• Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909), novelist, author of A Country Doctor (1884), The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896)
• Guy Tripp (1865-1927), business executive and U.S. Army brigadier general ^[2]
• Louis B. Costello (1876–1959), newspaper publisher
• Gladys Hasty Carroll (1904–99), novelist, author of As The Earth Turns (1933) and Dunnybrook (1943)
• Casey Coleman (1951–2006), radio broadcaster and play-by-by announcer for the Cleveland Indians
• Mike Eruzione (b. 1954), former National Hockey League player and captain of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Richard Corman (photographer) (b. 1954), portrait photographer.
• Sam Fuld (b. 1981), Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics and General Manager for the Philadelphia Phillies, attended in 8th grade

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Davis, Henry Blaine Jr. (1998). Generals in Khaki. Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press. pp. 363–364. ISBN   978-1-5719-7088-6 – via Google Books.

External links

• The Berwick Academy website