From: Marcella Braski <mjbraski@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 17:02:46 -0600 Message-ID: <CAKhTvByegWSetNk4J69mLOgjSOSmmukvzOPygJG4NeEB1BpoKQ@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: heating historic buildings
I meant 55 degrees and not 5
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:55 PM Terry Thiessen <tethiessen@frontier.com>
wrote:
> Jarrod,
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> 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 to May 1, the temperature in the museum is set to 68 degrees,
> but the Timm House has a sensor controlled system that adjusts to the
> outside temperature.
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> If I can answer any questions, let me know.
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> Terry Thiessen
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Dec 10, 2020, at 6:52 PM, Jarrod Roll <mclhr@centurytel.net> wrote:
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> Hello friends.
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> 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 an
d
> close it up for the winter—do you heat it or not?
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> Thank you,
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> Jarrod
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> Jarrod Roll
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> Director / County Historian
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> Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
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> 200 West Main St.
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> Sparta, WI 54656
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> 608-269-8680
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> www.MonroeCountyHistory.org
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> Facebook: www.Facebook.com/MCLHR
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