It is part of the Central Residential Area at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
An incident led to a black student takeover of the dorm in the spring of 1970.
Du Bois Department for Afro-American Studies,[1] would relocate its offices there, where (as of 2020) it remains to this day.
The house also features the Augusta Savage Art Gallery[2] and the university's Everywoman's Center.
[3] This post explains the history of black students at the university, including, importantly, towards the middle of the article, the story of the takeover of the Mills House by black students after a group of white frat brothers chased two black students to the dorm, and threatened to return with a larger group.