On City cites owner of historic Janesville home

Posted on August 28 at 11:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I have also been in The Lovejoy Mansion after the YWCA had the property. My wife and I rented the hall area for our reception. It was mid winter, and cold as heck out. When I first entered the office-building portion the first thing I noticed was that it was about as cold inside as outside. This must be what an earlier writer was talking about regarding energy efficiency. The next thing I noticed was the eye tearing gas smell, which I later learned was coming from the ventless gas fireplaces installed into the old sealed off openings. Apparently the whole house was being heated from these fireplaces. I don’t know how the people in there could stand working in that building all day. After about 15 minutes I already had a headache. I asked the secretary behind the counter, why don’t you open a window it’s not like you are going to let the cold in. She replied I can’t the windows don’t open. I couldn’t believe it, the windows were all just a solid pane of glass. I thought to myself, talk about inhumane working conditions.
Anyway we had a nice reception in the banquet area. It was warm back there and we could open a window if we wanted to.