From: "Merrilee Lee" <MLee@hoardmuseum.org> Subject: RE: heating historic buildings Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:23:38 -0600 Message-ID: <02c001d6d0c4$ad8f1090$08ad31b0$@hoardmuseum.org>
Hi Jarrod,
We have an 1840s frame house that we heat in the winter. We keep it at
roughly 50 degrees to protect the artifacts left in the house and the house
itself. Given its small size and low temperature, we budget $300 to heat it
and rarely do we exceed that amount in a year.
Good luck!
Merrilee Lee
Director
Hoard Historical Museum
401 Whitewater Ave.
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
920-563-7769
From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu
[mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Jarrod Roll
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:45 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: heating historic buildings
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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