Charles Adolphe BALDWIN

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Charles Adolphe Baldwin was born in 1861 in San Francisco, California. He graduated from Harvard in 1882. He was an art collector, collecting etchings, paintings, enamels and bronzes. He belonged to the Knickerbocker Club; Groiler Club; Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution and was a member of the Christian Science church. Charles died of a stroke at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs in 1934. Charles' father was Admiral Charles Henry Baldwin (1822-1888), a Mexican and Civil War Veteran, and his mother was Pamelia Tolfree.

Charles married Ella Virginia HOBART 7 Jul 1896, San Mateo, San Mateo, California. Ella (daughter of Walter Scott HOBART and Mary Baker ROUNDS) was born 22 Dec 1874, San Francisco, California; died 17 Aug 1958, San Francisco, California; was buried Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California Garden / Section: E Lot: LOT 5. [Group Sheet]

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Charles and Virginia Baldwin constructed the Claremont, a mansion in Colorado Springs, in 1907, seven years after their initial move to Colorado Springs. The construction was influenced by Louis XIV's Grand Trianon at Versailles and is therefore sometimes referred to as 'Trianon.' The architect, Thomas MacLaren, traveled abroad to study the original before constructing the residence. Mrs. Baldwin sold the mansion to Blevins Davis from Independence, Missouri. Mr. Davis then sold the Trianon to the Sisters of St. Francis Seraph, who later sold it to the Trianon Foundation in 1960. Eventually the building became the Colorado Springs School.