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Table Of Content Explore This Park Other vendors in Washington DC for your wedding Since 1932, Dumbarton House has operated as a museum, modeling life in Georgetown in the early Federal period. Dolley Madison Construction History Lessons I learn from Scholz and Boyle that the installation of a new HVAC system, especially for a historic site, involves years of planning. In 2012, research funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities allowed staff at Dumbarton to study different HVAC options. By 2016, they had decided on a geothermal system, a popular choice for historic sites due to its non-invasive nature. Pipes are installed underground that liquid is then pumped through to cool and heat a building. Explore This Park Dumbarton hired their Fall 2015 Collections Intern, Allison LaCroix, who measured and assessed all 3,400 objects, ensuring that each would fit perfectly inside their custom boxes. I'm not a collections specialist, but I know that fracturing a circa 1840