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Milliken Memorial Community House (Erected 1927-1928) is the first privately donated community house in America. The 13,000 square foot mansion pioneered a new architecture for public use. The house was commisioned by Mary Louise Milliken (1873-1936) and her husband Samuel Canning Childs(?-1934)in 1926. Both were wealthy philanthropist and were responsible for the construction of over twenty hospitals, & two churches, throughout the United States. 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 Kentucky in 1924 and Mr. & Mrs. Childs began formulating plans to construct a community center for this and other social groups. designed for the specific purpose of housing community events and funded entirely by Mr. and Mrs. Childs, the building was to be a permanent memorial to the memory of her mother. Construction of the building began in fall of that year (1927) and was completed in April during the next year at a cost of $75,000, equal to $1,358,000(2005) today. This was during a time when a small bungalow home cost on average about 4,000 dollars. Local contractor V.L. Price constructed the building and the architect responsible for the buildings design is Marr& Holman Architects. 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 wing at the rear. The house was officialy opened on April 11-12 in a two day celebration. Mary Louise and Canning booked the "Francis Craig Orchestra" from RCA Records to play for the opening ball. Newspapers from Lexington and Nashville covered the event naming it one of the greatest successes of generosity ever recorded. The Milliken family lineage can be linked to Colonel John Todd,for whom Todd County, Kentucky is named for. Other family links include the Penick Family, wealthy plantation owners 1780's-1920's, Mary Todd Lincoln.

Milliken family descendants residing in Todd County, Kentucky - Bailey, Penick, Ridley, Boone, Williams

Milliken family descendants residing in the United States - Sullivan, Kraft



 

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