Judge Baldwin served as Mayor of Chilton, County District Attorney and Probate Judge. He was elected to the Wisconsin General assembly and Senate. After moving to Appleton in 1885 he developed an extensive real estate business investing in and developing parts of the Dakotas, Michigan, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
The altar at St. Mary's Catholic Church is dedicated to him. Sons Charles F. Baldwin and George Benjamin Baldwin followed in their father's footsteps, managing the family's assets and practicing law.
The fortunes of Judge George Baldwin made the building of his Tudor Revival mansion at 707 S. State St. possible in 1891. Historians speculate that Baldwin may have built his home on the site of an old boarding house. By 1918 son George Benjamin and his mother Catherine moved to 621 W. Fourth St. Another son, Charles F. Baldwin, was still living here in 1925 and his descendents resided here until 1984.
