Mary Baldwin College

The oldest college for women related to the Presbyterian Church, U. S. Founded 1842 by Rufus W. Bailey as Augusta Female Seminary; renamed in 1895 to honor Mary Julia Baldwin, pioneer woman educator and Principal, 1863–1897.

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Baldwin Memorial United Methodist Church

Baldwin Memorial United Methodist Church, 1777–1977. This congregation met as a Methodist Society in 1777 at the John Sewell home, Brooksby’s Point, where circuit rider Bishop Francis Asbury often preached. Present site deeded in 1817. This church constructed in 1896.

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Henry Baldwin

Near this spot lies buried Henry Baldwin officer and engineer in the Revolutionary War 1777–1783. Charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Born Dec. 23, 1753 – Died Oct 15, 1793, at Rising Sun, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.

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Roger Sherman Baldwin

Roger Sherman Baldwin

Born Jan 4, 1793

Died Feb. 19, 1863

Graduated at Yale College

in 1811

Admitted to the Bar

in this city in 1814

Senator of the State

in 1837 & 1838

Representative

in the General Assembly

in 1840 & 1841

Governor of Connecticut

in 1844 & 1845

United States Senator

from 1847 ...

Simeon Baldwin

Simeon Baldwin

Was Born at Norwich

Dec. 14. 1761

And Died May 26. 1851.

He was graduated at Yale College in 1781. Was a tutor in that institution from 1783 to 1786 when he entered on his profession as a lawyer. He was a ...

Simeon E. Baldwin

Simeon E. Baldwin

February 5, 1840

January 30, 1927

Inheriting high traditions of public service, he loved and served Connecticut as Justice and Chief Justice of its Supreme Court of Errors for seventeen years and as Governor for four years. He devoted a ...

The Dufour-Baldwin House

A classic example of the late Greek Revival-Italianate style. Designed by noted architects Henry Howard and Albert Diettel, constructedf in 1859 by Wing and Muir for Louise Donnet and Cyprien Dufour, a prominent attorney, author, and state senator. Dufour sold ...

Baldwin House

Two blocks from here is the home built 1841 by Justice Henry Baldwin. Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court in 1830. As a member of Congress in 1816-22, to 1822, he was an early protective tariff advocate.

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Abraham Baldwin

Founder of the University of Georgia

Born in North Gilbert, Connecticut, November 2, 1754; graduate of Yale, 1772; licensed to preach by the New Haven Association of Ministers, 1775; Tutor in Yale, 1775 – 1779, Chaplain in the Continental Army, 1779 ...

Baldwin

Here, and for the next 300 miles west, Highway 56 roughly follows the old Santa Fe Trail, and frequently crosses it. White settlement began in this area in 1854, the year Kansas became a territory, and in 1855 the town ...