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Maureen Esther, HistoryTeller

Maureen Esther is known to many as a storyteller. She uses her background in history, art history, and learns whatever she can from books and her own research to compose lectures that she shares with  the community about anything from architecture, painting, period clothing and beyond. 

Summer Reading Program

Every summer the Benzonia Public Library creates a summer reading program.  School aged kids are encouraged to read and submit their reading logs periodically to be entered for fun prizes.  Each week there is an interactive program for readers of all ages; puppet shows, crafts, education, and more!  Summer reading programs use both the Meeting Space (lower level) and Mills Hall (upper level).
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Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Partnered with MSU's Master Gardener Volunteer Program, a monthly clinic is held on the front porch of Mills Community House in front of the library throughout the spring and summer.  

​​MILLS COMMUNITY HOUSE: This historic structure is owned by the Mills Community House Association and houses the Benzonia Public Library. It was built in 1909 as a part of the Benzonia Academy, it is the only remaining building from the Academy which closed in 1918. The library is a Village treasure, as made apparent in the comments from the public survey. It was often the answer for ‘what is the one thing you like BEST about the Village’. It first started operating in 1925 and is the County’s oldest continuously operated library.  Along with the library, there are 2 meeting spaces and a commercial kitchen available in the building. It is a historic site and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.     
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Description from the  Village of Benzonia 2020 Master Plan
June
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 8 Academy Lecture: Car Ferries in Ice
​13 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
21 Plant It Wild
22 BPL Summer Reading Program
24-26 Benzie County Community Chorus Summer Concert Series
​28 Maureen Esther: HistoryTeller
​29 BPL Summer Reading Program

July
 6 BPL Summer Reading Program
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11 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
13 BPL Summer Reading Program

​13 Academy Lecture
15-17 Benzie County Community Chorus Summer Concert Series
18 Blood Drive
19 Plant It Wild 
20 BPL Summer Reading Program
​26 100+ Women Who Care
​27 BPL Summer Reading Program

August
​10 Academy Lecture
​16 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
​23 Making Teas and Tinctures


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Mills Community House Association
​891 Michigan Ave.
PO Box 421

​Benzonia, MI 49616
millscommhouse@gmail.com
​231-882-0591

Walk In Office Hours
Mondays 10-2* or 
​by appointment.

*Excludes holidays and overlapping events

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Donna Brown, Ruth Catton, 

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

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Kristin Fleetwood
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A 501(c) 3 organization
Tax ID (EIN): 75-2977687

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.

  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Board and Staff
    • History
    • Noteworthy at the Mills
    • Newsletters
    • Venue Photo Gallery
  • Events
    • Upcoming Public Events
    • Partnerships >
      • 100+ Women Who Care Benzie
      • Benzie Area Historical Society
      • Benzonia Public Library
      • Versiti Blood Center
      • ZONTA
  • Rentals
  • Ways to Give
    • Volunteer
    • Brick Fundraiser
    • Endowment Fund
    • IRA Charitable Rollover
  • Contact Us