History
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy was founded in 1867 as a small private academy. It was created because veterans from the Civil War pushed for the creation of a high school in Northwood. Shares were sold to 200 shareholders at $10.00. The shareholders originally owned the academy. Another high school in Northwood, The Northwood Seminary, was created in the same year. The first headmaster of Northwood Academy was the Reverend Eliot Cogswell.
The Board of Trustees of the academy was created in 1875 to manage the academy and take pressure off of the shareholders. The academy was renamed Coe's Northwood Academy to honor the Coe family who donated land, money, houses, and woodlots to the academy and also paid to build a new office building.
The school was moved from one side of Route 4, to the other in 1887 and in 1901 the town of Northwood began paying tuition for students. In 1906 central heating and water systems were installed in the school. In 1926, electricity replaced the corroded gas lights.
Albert Brown (governor of New Hampshire from 1921–1923) was a great benefactor for the academy and in 1939 the board of trustees renamed the academy Coe-Brown Northwood Academy in his honor. Since then, there have been 6 additions and new buildings have been erected, including Smith Hall and the very recent Science Building. There are also plans to fund and build a music and theater building somewhere in the near future.
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