William Delavan Baldwin

William Delavan Baldwin (5 September 1856 – 26 September 1930) was an American businessman.

Biography William Delavan Baldwin was born on September 5, 1856, to Lovewell Hurd Baldwin and Sarah Jane Munson in Auburn, New York. He was a descendant of John Baldwin, one of the first settlers in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Baldwin was interested in mechanics and soon went to work for D. M. Osborne & Co. He excelled at business and was promoted within the company, eventually being sent to Europe to extend the firm's business there at twenty-one. He served as President of The First Church of Christ, Scientist for one term from 1910 to 1911, and president of the board of trustees for one of its New York branch churches, Second Church of Christ, Scientist, New York.

Baldwin died in his home in Yorktown Heights, New York on September 26, 1930.

Personal life In 1881, he married Helen Runyon Sullivan, the daughter of Nahum M. Sullivan, a prominent New York merchant, and had at least seven children with her.

Delavan Terrace, now part of Delavan Terrace Historic District, is named after him, and his former 550-acre estate in New York is now part of Donald J. Trump State Park.