Savage Mill Historic District

historic district located at Savage, Howard County, Maryland. The district comprises the industrial complex of Savage Mill

Baltimore 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.^[4] From 1923 to 1941 the Carroll Baldwin Memorial Community Hall served as a movie theatre.^[5] For a brief period, the Maryland State Police set up a barracks in 1927-1929 leased from the Savage Manufacturing Company before relocating to Waterloo.^[6] By 1941 the company employed 325 people, and during World War II, 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 ornaments before closing permanently and converted for commercial use.^[6]