Standing in Kiwanis Park, to the west of the Middlesex Canal and just north of Route 128 at Baldwin Green, the Baldwin Landing plaque reads:

At this point along the Middlesex Canal was “Baldwin Landing”, the private wharf and basin of Colonel Loammi Baldwin (1745-1807), canal engineer, Revolutionary War officer and “father” of the Baldwin apple.

The Baldwin “homestead” encompassed some 150 acres of meadows, tillage and orchards here in North Woburn. It was a tranquil country estate, with the Colonel’s mansion house situated amongst the walks, shrubs, and flowers of an English garden extending to the water’s edge.

From the “landing”, Baldwin apples and other products of the farm were loaded onto canal boats for shipment to the Boston market.

Great parties of guests were brought here in canal packet boats from Boston to attend Colonel Baldwin’s frequent balls or dinners.

Photo courtesy of Oliver Knill