Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:27:40 -0600 From: russhanson <russhanson@grantsburgtelcom.net> Subject: Re: heating historic buildings Message-ID: <5c116c3c7c66f0b9025caf036677fde1@grantsburgtelcom.net>
On 2020-12-10 15:45, Jarrod Roll 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 [1]
>
> Facebook: www.Facebook.com/MCLHR [2]
>
>
>
> Links:
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> [1] http://www.MonroeCountyHistory.org
> [2] http://www.Facebook.com/MCLHR
I help with maintenance of an 1860 one room school located in St Croix
Falls on the Polk County Fairgrounds. It was last used as a schoolhouse
about 60 years ago and since then has had no heat. The artifacts in
there are primarily old school items. The only problem we have had is
when a bottle of bubble soap used one summer in activities was left
behind and froze up and ran over. I think maybe the inside paint peels
more readily with the cold and warm cycles, but otherwise our only
maintenance issues are related to the outside roof, windows and siding
exposed to the weather. The fairgournds has half a dozen 100 year old
buildings, all left unheated in the winter and thrive with roof and
paint maintained.