Stanwood Cobb studied at Harvard Divinity School to become a Unitarian minister, and his investigation of religion led him to the Baha'i Faith. He became aware of the nascent religion after a series of articles was published in a Boston newspaper, and his interest brought him to Green Acre in 1906. It was there that he embraced the Baha'i Faith. During his life, Cobb met 'Abdu'l Baha five times.