Mills Community House Association
231.882.0591
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Mills Community House Association
891 Michigan Avenue, PO Box 421, Benzonia, MI 49616 
231-882-0591  or millscommhouse@gmail.com 
Hours by appointment only.

The Mills Community House is located in the heart of Benzonia, on U.S.-31 and just up the hill from Crystal Lake and the village of Beulah. The distinctive red brick building,  built in 1909 as a dormitory for Benzonia Academy, became the Mills Community House in 1925, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been used as a public venue throughout its history; a gymnasium, meeting location, site for educational and cultural programs, and home to the Benzonia Public Library.
The Mills House was deeded from the Congregational Church of Benzonia to the Mills Community House Association, a newly formed 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, in 2002. The board of directors is made up of community supporters who believe in the value of this historic landmark. The mission of the Mills Community House Association is to “provide a venue for arts, cultural, and educational opportunities and experience in Benzie County through the renovation, preservation, and operation of the historic Mills Community House as the center of these community functions.”
Several organizations have used the Mills Community House facility to present public programs, concerts, theater, lectures, and educational activities. The Benzonia Public Library has been the middle floor tenant of the building since 1925. They also regularly utilize the other levels for their book and puzzle sales, craft classes, author programs,  and holiday party. 100+ Women Who Care-Benzie meets quarterly to determine which Benzie County non-profit will receive their support. The Benzie Area Historical Society regularly presents programs in the upper hall. The Benzie County Players, a community theater organization, has used this venue for many of their plays and theatrical readings.  The Benzie County Community Chorus has also performed numerous summer concerts in this wonderful acoustic performance space. Is it any wonder why "Community" is our middle name?
ENDOWMENT FUND INFORMATION
Mills Community House Association
Board of Directors volunteer their time
to ensure the Mills continues
to be a vibrant part of our community.

 
Donna Brown, Ruth Catton, Roger Dewey,
Jimmy McLaren, Duane Nugent, Steve Stephens,
​Jane Sullivan, and Samantha Wolfe.

​Michelle Leines, House manager
Providing a venue for arts, cultural, and educational opportunities and experience in Benzie County, events and activities booked at the Mills help support and maintain this lovely historic structure.
EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

June 2022
30 Summer Reading Program



July 2022
  7 Summer Reading Program
12 Community Blood Drive
​12 Plant diagnostic clinic

14 Summer Reading Program
16 Used Book & Puzzle plus Craft Sale
21 Summer Reading Program
28 Summer Reading Finale Party

27 100+ Women Who Care 
30 Yid Vicious Concert

Visit Events Page for details>
​Private events are not listed.

100+ Women Who Care 2022
5:30 pm Wednesdays as listed (doors open at 5:00 pm)
April 27, July 27, and October 5
​Visit our 100 + Women Who Care Page for details>

VIRTUAL TOUR 
provided by Travers City Tourism

Location


RENTALS: At the MILLS
Visit Facility Use Page for details:
Meeting Space - lower level
Mills Hall - upper level
All areas are handicap accessible with an elevator serving all three floors.
The Middle floor is NOT available as it is leased by the Benzonia Public Library.


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Mills Community House Association
PO Box 421, ​891 Michigan Ave.
​Benzonia, MI 49616
millscommhouse@gmail.com
​231-882-0591

Michelle Leines, House Manager
​Hours by appointment only.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Donna Brown, Ruth Catton, Roger Dewey,

Jimmy McLaren, ​Jane Sullivan, Colleen Swartz, and ​Samantha Wolfe.

A 501(c) 3 organization
Tax ID (EIN): 75-2977687

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Mills Community House Association
using PayPal Secure Checkout.

Click on the DONATE button which
takes you to our PayPal site where you have the option of using a credit card OR your PayPal account. 
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ENDOWMENT FUND INFORMATION


Land Acknowledgement
​Benzie county occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of Anishinabek people. The Mills Community house recognizes the Anishinabek of the Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwa (Chippewa), and Bode'wadmi (Potawatomi); historic Indigenous communities in Michigan; and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. Benzie County occupies land ceded in the treaty of 1855. We give thanks to the Anishinabek as the caretakers of the Earth and for their relationship to the land.