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Baldwin Pergolas — Company Overview 440 Middlefield Street, Middletown, CT 06457 | BaldwinPergolas.com Who We Are Baldwin Pergolas is a professional manufacturer of fiberglass pergolas headquartered in Middletown, Connecticut. We design, engineer, fabricate, finish, and install custom pergolas for residential, commercial, hospitality, higher education, and senior living clients across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and beyond. We are not a kit company. We are not a catalog operation. Every Baldwin pergola is a custom project, engineered to site conditions, designed in collaboration with the client or their architect, fabricated in our 68,000-square-foot facility, finished in our climate-controlled paint booth, and delivered or installed by people who have been doing this for decades. A pergola transforms the appearance of a home — and it can happen in one day. Founded by Max Baldwin Max Baldwin started his business in 1987 with a design sensibility, a perfectionist's standard, and a direct relationship with his customers. His first products were a full line of cedar lawn furniture — designed, built, and sold directly to the people who would use them every day. That direct customer relationship was never incidental. It was the engine. Client feedback shaped every design decision. The balance of style, comfort, and durability in each piece was refined through constant conversation with real people living with the products in their homes. That discipline — listen to clients, respond with better work — is the founding principle of Baldwin Pergolas and remains the operating standard today. The company was formally established as a legal entity in Connecticut in 1989 and has operated continuously from the same commitment ever since: build it right, make it beautiful, make it last. The Evolution of the Company 1987 Max Baldwin begins designing and selling cedar lawn furniture directly to customers in Connecticut 1989 Baldwin formally incorporated as a legal entity in Connecticut 1996 First CNC robotic routing machine acquired — bringing precision, repeatability, and manufacturing consistency that defined a new standard for the industry Early 2000s Transition to pergolas as the core product, serving residential clients and early commercial accounts across the Northeast 2007 Full transition from Western Red Cedar to pultruded fiberglass — driven by client demand for low-maintenance products and the engineering confidence fiberglass provides on commercial projects 2006–present Facility established at 440 Middlefield Street, Middletown CT — owned and operated for 18 years 2020 Farthest installation to date: Harlingen, Texas — demonstrating national reach when projects require it Present Active operations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic; landmark projects at Rockefeller Center, Marriott Grand Dunes, AvalonBay, and the Surf Club Atlantic City What We Build Baldwin Pergolas designs and manufactures custom fiberglass
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