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Caleb Baldwin Tavern
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| Location: | 32 Main St., Newtown, Connecticut |
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| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1763 |
| Architectural style: | Colonial, Federal |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Rochambeau's Army in Connecticut, 1780-1782 MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 02000869[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 23, 2002 |
The Caleb Baldwin Tavern is part of the Newtown Borough Historic District, located in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. Built c. 1763,[2] 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 migration of French forces, 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.[2]
It is along the march route taken by French commander Rochambeau's troops in 1781 en route to Yorktown, Virginia and/or in 1782 during their return.
It's one of multiple properties whose possible listing on the National Register was covered in a Multiple Property Submission study in 2001.[3]
It is included with the Newtown Borough Historic District, which is also NRHP-listed.[2]
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