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The Savage Mill Historic District is a national
historic district
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located at
Savage
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,
Howard County, Maryland
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. The district comprises the industrial complex of
Savage Mill
The Savage Mill is a historic cotton mill complex in Savage, Maryland, which has been turned into a complex of shops and restaurants. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Savage Mill Historic Dis ...
and the village of workers' housing to the north of the complex.
The site of Savage Mill on the rapids of the
Little Patuxent River
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had been used for mill operations since the early 18th century. The district was part of a land grant named Ridgeley's Forest, surveyed in 1685 by
Colonel Henry Ridgley. In 1750, Alexander Warfield built a mill along the river which was eclipsed by a larger construction chartered in 1812 by the Williams Brothers. By 1825, the mill employed 200 people including women and children, and 120 power looms for the production of
cotton duck
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. The complex included several additions: a grist mill, an iron foundry, and a machine shop. The company was sold to
William H. Baldwin, Jr. in 1847, who owned a
Baltimore
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dry goods firm. In the early 20th century, the company became Baldwin, Leslie and Company, and the mill was expanded. A decade later the Baldwin family erected a stone community hall for the town and constructed a large group of tenant houses. From 1923 to 1941 the Carroll Baldwin Memorial Community Hall served as a movie theatre. For a brief period, the
Maryland State Police
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set up a barracks in 1927-1929 leased from the Savage Manufacturing Company before relocating to Waterloo.
By 1941 the company employed 325 people, and during
World War II
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, produced 400,000 pounds of cotton duck a month. In 1948 the mill closed, and in the 1950s it spent a brief period being used to manufacture
Christmas ornament
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s before closing permanently and converted for commercial use.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1975.
See also
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Commodore Joshua Barney House
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Savage Mill
The Savage Mill is a historic cotton mill complex in Savage, Maryland, which has been turned into a complex of shops and restaurants. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Savage Mill Historic Dis ...
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Savage Mill Trail
The Savage Mill Trail is a rail trail that winds along the Little Patuxent River in Savage, Maryland. The trail was formerly part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's rail corridor through central Maryland, but the Howard County, Maryland, How ...
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Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge
The Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge across the Little Patuxent River at Savage, Maryland, is one of the oldest standing iron railroad bridges in the United States and the sole surviving example of a revolutionary design in the history of American ...
Gallery
Image:Savage Mill House Dec 08.JPG, The 1859 Mansion House also went by Company House, or Proprietor House for William H. Baldwin.
References
External links
*, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Boundary Map of the Savage Mill Historic District, Howard County at Maryland Historical Trust
Historic Savage Mill website
{{National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Historic districts in Howard County, Maryland
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Maryland