From: Terry Thiessen <tethiessen@frontier.com> Subject: Re: heating historic buildings Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:51:51 -0600 Message-Id: <B9991D10-23FE-470A-A9AF-99B28F96E89F@frontier.com>
Jarrod,
Both our Museum and the Timm House have HVAC systems and operate year round.
The system covers the storage areas in both buildings. From November 1 t
o May 1, the temperature in the museum is set to 68 degrees, but the Timm Ho
use has a sensor controlled system that adjusts to the outside temperature.
If I can answer any questions, let me know.
Terry Thiessen
Sent from my iPad
> 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 historica
l organization which owns historic buildings. For those of you who own a st
andalone, small building (like a one-room school or church), do you heat it i
n 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 eve
n minimally heating an old building helps to preserve it. So, I would appre
ciate hearing from those of you who own a historic building and close it up f
or 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
>