Harriet May Mills Art and Home Center
On the grounds of the New York State Fair, Syracuse, New York | Officially Marked Monument
The Harriet May Mills Art and Home Center is a permanent structure on the grounds of the New York State Fair in Syracuse. It is named for Syracuse-based suffrage leader Harriet May Mills (1857 - 1935). The structure opened in 1934 as the Harriet May Mills Women’s Building. Mills attended its dedication. She died about one year later.
Today the Harriet May Mills Art and Home Center hosts exhibits on popular and fine arts, photography, and the culinary arts during each run of the Fair and is rented for varied purposes during the rest of the year.
Mills Center
The Harriet May Mills Art and Home Center is a major permanent structure on the grounds of the New York State Fair. Reproduced by permission. Image courtesy of Mary Ellen Chesbro.
Mills Center, historic
The Harriet May Mills Women's Building as it appeared soon after its opening in 1934. Reproduced by permission. Image courtesy of Mary Ellen Chesbro.
Mills Painting
This painting of Harriet May Mills by local artist Rachel Bulley Trump was hung in the Mills Center building in 1939.
