From: Cynthia Arbiture <musprosvc@gdinet.com> Message-Id: <C4936538-B771-400F-9082-376B46B6867D@gdinet.com> Subject: Re: heating historic buildings Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:22:40 -0600
Hi Jarrod,
The Wisconsin Historical Society had a good session at their recent 2020
Local History and Historic Preservation Annual Conference regarding
unoccupied buildings. It was called "Mothballing Historic Buildings" and
the link to some of the WHS information can be found at this link:
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS16449 Also for more
information you can contact a professional staff member at the WHS
Preservation Dept. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/staff-directory/
Good luck,
Cindy Arbiture
President
Concord Historical Society, Inc.
www.concordwihistory.org
> On Dec 10, 2020, at 7:02 PM, Richfield Historical Society
<historyrhs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We heat 2 of our buildings (one with propane and the other with
natural gas) due to there being artifacts and old furniture in them. We
keep the temp relatively low—not sure what that temp is, maybe
55.. We get help from our Village with the gas heated building.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Richfield Historical Society
>
>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 6:53 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
>> www.MonroeCountyHistory.org <http://www.monroecountyhistory.org/>
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