Subject: Re: heating historic buildings From: Olive Gross <gross622@gmail.com> Message-ID: <6cafd063-ec35-d798-e7da-9c7b08c23687@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:31:50 -0600
We have a 2-story former town hall building built in 1902 as our museum.
Our budget does not allow us to heat in the winter or air condition in
the summer. We do run dehumidifiers in the summer. So far we have seen
no adverse reactions to any artifacts or to the building.
Olive Gross
Bark River Woods Historical Society (BRWHS)
Hebron, WI
On 12/11/2020 10:27 AM, russhanson wrote:
> 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:
>> ------
>> [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.
>