Help Us Make History – New Electrical System – and other projects
Help restore a big part of local history by donating to the Odell House Restoration Fund.
When the Jacob Odell house, the home of the Historical Society, was built, it was the cutting edge of mid-19th century architecture and engineering. While our archives and museum have bridged the history of our Villages to the 21st century, our electrical system… not so much. We have moved to solar power in keeping with the Odell’s lead on using the most up-to-date power of the time, but find ourselves in need of a wiring upgrade to accommodate that technology.
The Historical Society received a grant install a solar system and upgrade our HVAC. In the process of that upgrade we found that we also needed to update the mid-twentieth century electrical system to accommodate the solar and HVAC. Your donations will allow us to offset the additional spend required to have a fully functional system which has caused us to have to borrow from our reserve funds. Moving to Solar has allowed us to cut $100 per month off of our electrical bill and go green with our HVAC! Our collections will be protected for many more years now that the climate can be effectively controlled all year long.
