Berwick Academy (Maine)

Berwick Academy
Berwick Academy
Location
	South Berwick , Maine ; United States
Coordinates	43°13′50″N70°48′15″W / 43.23056°N 70.80417°W
Information
Type	Private, Day & Boarding
Motto	Latin: Dei Timor Initium Sapientæ
Religious affiliation(s)	Unaffiliated
Established	1791;233 years ago
Head of School	James A. Hamilton
Enrollment	560
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
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 (original); 10000058 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 29, 1978
Boundary increase	March 22, 1996

Last updated October 26, 2024

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

Gallery

The 1791 House is the original home of the school. Today is houses finance and facilities.
Jeppesen Science Center
Jackson Library
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

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References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ 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

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[nris-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.

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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;233 years ago (1791)
Head of School	James A. Hamilton
Enrollment	560
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