From: Erik Flesch <museumdirector@platteville.org> Subject: Re: heating historic buildings Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:05:24 +0000 Message-ID: <B4ADCA19-AD54-48FF-A7E7-57643F8A8AE1@platteville.org>
Hi, Jarod.
We recommend keeping a thermostat set at 50 degrees, which is enough to accommodate swings while keeping artifacts above freezing. A Modine-type heater might be better than nothing.
Best wishes,
Erik
Erik Flesch
Museum Director
The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums | City of Platteville
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On Dec 10, 2020, at 6:52 PM, Jarrod Roll <mclhr@centurytel.net> wrote:
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
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