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{{Short description|Prep school in South Berwick, Maine, US}}
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{{Infobox school
 | name                    = Berwick Academy
 | image                   = Berwick Crest.jpg
 | image_size              = 140px
 | motto                   = {{langx|la|Dei Timor Initium Sapientæ}}
 | established             = {{start date and age|1791}}
 | type                    = [[Private school|Private]], [[day school|Day & Boarding]]
 | religion                = Unaffiliated
 | head_name               = Head of School
 | head                    = Scott Erickkson
 | city                    = [[South Berwick]]
 | state                   = [[Maine]]
 | country                 = United States
 | coordinates             = {{Coord|43|13|50|N|70|48|15|W |region:US-ME_type:edu |display=inline,title}}
 | campus_type             = Semi-rural
 | campus_size             = {{convert|80|acre}}
 | enrollment              = 520
 | ratio                   = 8:1
 | colors                  = Blue and White
 | mascot                  = Bulldog
 | athletics_conference    = Eastern Independent League
 | homepage                = {{URL|http://www.berwickacademy.org}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                 = Berwick Academy
| embed                = yes
| nrhp_type            = hd
| nocat                = yes
| image                = Fogg_Memorial_Building,_Berwick_Academy,_South_Berwick,_Maine.jpg
| caption              = Fogg Memorial Building
| location             = Academy St., [[South Berwick, Maine]]
| locmapin             = Maine#USA
| built                = 2010
| architect OR builder =
| architecture         = Richardsonian Romanesque, Victorian, Federal, Colonial Revival
| added                = March 29, 1978
| area                 = {{convert|80|acre}}
| refnum               = 78000336<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
| increase             = March 22, 1996
| increase_refnum      = 10000058
}}
}}

'''Berwick Academy''' is a [[University-preparatory school|college preparatory school]] located in [[South Berwick, Maine]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
1791_Building,_Berwick_Academy,_South_Berwick,_Maine.jpg|The 1791 House is the original home of the school.  Today is houses finance and facilities.
Jeppesen_Science_Center,_Berwick_Academy,_South_Berwick,_Maine.jpg|Jeppesen Science Center
Jackson_Library_(sun),_Berwick_Academy,_South_Berwick,_Maine.jpg|Jackson Library
Fogg_Memorial_Building_landscape,_Berwick_Academy,_South_Berwick,_Maine.jpg|The Fogg Memorial Building, home to Upper School, was landscaped by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]]
</gallery>

==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<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Henry Blaine Jr. |date=1998 |title=Generals in Khaki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ |location=Raleigh, NC |publisher=Pentland Press |pages=363–364 |isbn=978-1-5719-7088-6 |via=[[Google Books]] |ref={{sfnRef|Davis}}}}</ref>
* [[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 [[Miracle On Ice|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==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
{{Maine Private and Boarding High Schools}}
{{New England Preparatory School Athletic Council}}

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[[Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Maine]]
[[Category:School buildings completed in 1791]]
[[Category:Schools in York County, Maine]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1791]]
[[Category:1791 establishments in Maine]]
[[Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine]]
[[Category:Private high schools in Maine]]
[[Category:Preparatory schools in Maine]]
[[Category:Private elementary schools in Maine]]
[[Category:Private middle schools in Maine]]
[[Category:South Berwick, Maine]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in York County, Maine]]
[[Category:Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Maine]]