Milliken Memorial Community House

Childs was a wealthy businessman who had founded the American Food Store Company, a prominent Mid-Atlantic retail grocery chain.

A Woman's Club was organized in Elkton in 1924 and Mr. & Mrs. Childs began formulating plans to construct a community center for this and other social groups.

The mansion is designed in the Neo-Classical style of Flemish bond brick with a large two-story portico on the main facade.

The main section is two stories with a porte-cochere on the west facade and with a one-story apollarium[citation needed] ballroom wing at the rear.

Mary Louise and Canning booked the Francis Craig Orchestra from RCA Records to play for the opening ball.