Baldwin Hall, also known as the Cross Roads Church, was built as the Severn Crossroads Methodist Episcopal Church and is currently a historic church at Millersville,

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. It is a one-story gable-front frame structure in the

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and

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-styles built in 1861. It was moved about 1930 and again in 1981. An addition, constructed about 1933, duplicates the exterior detailing of the original part. It is currently operated by the Severn Cross Roads Foundation, Inc., as a wedding and banquet facility known as Historic Baldwin Hall. It was listed on the

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in 1983.

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External links

*, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust
The Historical Marker Database website entrySevern Cross Roads Foundation, Inc. website
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