Mills Community House

Mills Community House is a Michigan historical marker in Benzonia, Benzie County, dedicated 1977.

Benzie County · dedicated 1977 · 891 Michigan Avenue, Benzonia

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This building was a girls dormitory erected in 1909 for the Benzonia Academy. Named Mills Cottage in honor of the Reverend Harlow S. Mills, pastor of the Benzonia Congregational Church from 1896 to 1916, it became the property of that church when the academy closed in 1918. Renamed Mills Community House, it hosts local gatherings and houses a public library. Its purposes are consistent with the educational and religious beliefs held by the town´s early settlers.

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