David Baldwin House

{{short description|Historic house in New Jersey, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| name = David Baldwin House

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| image = DavidBaldwinHouse.jpg

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| location = 60 Lake Avenue, Midland Park, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|40|58|56|N|74|8|16|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA New Jersey Bergen County#New Jersey#USA

| built = {{start date|1838}}

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| added = January 10, 1983

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000499|title=Stone Houses of Bergen County TR}}

| refnum = 83001459{{NRISref|2009a}}

| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP

| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_date = October 3, 1980

| designated_other1_number = 575{{cite web|title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/bergen.pdf |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office |page=19 |date=January 6, 2010 |accessdate=March 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030005640/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/bergen.pdf |archivedate=October 30, 2008 }}

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The David Baldwin House is located in Midland Park, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1983. The house was built in 1838.

David Baldwin was an engineer and inventor who patented various machines from the 1830s to 1870s.Scientific American 1890 "We have received several communications from Mr. David Baldwin, of Midland Park, NJ, who, as far back as 1871, had worked in the same direction. He claims to have succeeded in producing a cellulose fiber which he combined with tannic ..." The Commissioners of patents' journal Great Britain. Patent Office - 1876 "David Baldwin, of Midland Park, NJ, for " Motors for light machinery." — Application filed 24th October, 1874. Brief.—" The machine is actuated by means of the weight of the operator applied by means of the seat." Claim."