Albert O. Brown (governor of New Hampshire from 1921 to 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, six additions and new buildings have been erected, Smith Hall and the Smith Hall Gymnasium (both across campus from the original building), Pinkham Hall, Wiggin Hall, Soper Hall, and the Gerrish Gym. Plans are in place to build an auditorium and arts center. There are also plans to fund and build a music and theater building somewhere in the near future. There will also be plans to build another field in the destroyed field next to Smith Hall and will probably be completed by 2017.