Caleb Baldwin Tavern
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Caleb Baldwin Tavern
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32 Main Street
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| Location | 32 Main St., Newtown, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°24′46″N 73°18′31″W / 41.41278°N 73.30861°WCoordinates: 41°24′46″N 73°18′31″W / 41.41278°N 73.30861°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1763 |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Federal |
| Part of | Newtown Borough Historic District (#96001458) |
| MPS | Rochambeau's Army in Connecticut, 1780-1782 MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 02000869 |
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| Added to NRHP | August 23, 2002 |
| Designated CP | December 20, 1996 |
The Caleb Baldwin Tavern is a historic house at 32 Main Street in the Newtown Borough Historic District, located in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. Built c. 1763, the two-and-a-half-story house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 2002. It is considered historically significant for its role in movement of French forces of Rochambeau, in which the building housed some of the army's officers in June 1781, en route to the Siege of Yorktown. It also an example of traditional 18th-century New England architecture, and retains some details from that time period.
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