Baldwin Gate

The Queen’s Campus Western Gateway, or Baldwin Gate, commands the entrance from the west to Queen’s Campus from College Avenue between Van Nest Hall and Winants Hall. It was erected in 1901 to honor all the benefactors of Queen’s and Rutgers Colleges. Inscriptions engraved on the brownstone piers include distinguished contributors to the college from 1738 through 1901. The posts bear the Latin inscription Bene Meritus De Collegio R., the final letter representing both names that the college has borne – Reginae and Rutgersensi. The wrought iron gates crafted by W. H. Jackson & Company of New York were given to honor the memory of Class of 1849 alumnus and trustee Henry Rutgers Baldwin, M.D., L.L.D.