Legacy
In 1957 Western Reserve University, now Case Western Reserve, erected the Newton D. Baker Building in his honor. Located on the corner of Adelbert and Euclid, across from Severance Hall, it served as a large unit of general purpose classrooms and administrative offices. The building was torn down in November 2004.
The Georgetown mansion Baker occupied while Secretary of War, now known as Newton D. Baker House, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The law firm he founded, Baker Hostetler, is one of the nation’s 100 largest firms.
Baker High School (Columbus, Georgia) and a school located on W. 159th Street in West Park, Cleveland are named after Baker. A dormitory at Ohio State University, dedicated in 1940, is named Baker Hall in his honor. The Newton D. Baker dormitory at Washington and Lee University is also named for him. The Veterans Administration Hospital in his hometown of Martinsburg WV was originally named the Newton D. Baker Hospital and is still referred to as such by local residents.
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