From: "Bobbie Erdmann" <bobbiee@centurytel.net> Subject: RE: heating historic buildings Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:47:59 -0600 Message-ID: <56527281B32F43CF8D61AD48A90A4DD3@ErdmannHP>
We do not heat our one room school, in fact it has never been heated since
we acquired it in 1962.
Our building is all wood. We only have desks and chairs and some books in
the building.
Since it is located in one of our river parks our bigger problem with the
school is the spring floods when
they happen.
Bobbie Erdmann
Berlin Area Historical Society
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From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu
[mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Jarrod Roll
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:45 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: heating historic buildings
Hello friends.
I have a question for you which I am asking on behalf of another historical
organization which owns historic buildings. For those of you who own a
standalone, small building (like a one-room school or church), do you heat
it in the winter? The historical society who owns a one-room school in our
area doesn't want to heat it in the winter because it isn't used and there
is a significant heating bill involved. However, I know that even minimally
heating an old building helps to preserve it. So, I would appreciate
hearing from those of you who own a historic building and close it up for
the winter-do you heat it or not?
Thank you,
Jarrod
Jarrod Roll
Director / County Historian
Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
200 West Main St.
Sparta, WI 54656
608-269-8680
www.MonroeCountyHistory.org
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/MCLHR