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Following a year-long fundraising campaign to raise money to repair the roof on Staten Island's oldest home, construction on the Billiou-Stillwell-Perine house has begun. NY1s Amanda Farinacci filed the following report from Dongan Hills.

Moss covers many of the shingles on the roof of the Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House. And those shingles not coated with the thick green natural carpet are crumbling, causing the roof to leak inside Staten Island's oldest house.

"The leak was infiltrating down through, getting right down to the floor. So, and it was in various areas. And it was spotty, it was in different spots. So that's why the whole roof has to be dealt with, said Ed Wiseman of Historic Richmondtown.

The 353-year old house on Richmond Road was home to Dutch settlers even before Staten Island was called Staten Island.

Historic Richmondtown, the not-for-profit that maintains more than 30 historic buildings all over the borough, last year enlisted the help of the community to help raise the money needed to repair the roof.

Funds raised by residents were matched by private dollars.

This week, the work finally began.

Contractors specializing in historic restoration are working section by section to replace each shingle using wood that's exactly like the wood as it originally was.

"The purpose is not to change too much. And we're not looking to replace what doesn't need to be replaced. we're looking to preserve, said Sarah Clark of Historic Richmondtown.

Historic Richmondtown acquired the house more than a hundred years ago and all of the work done in that time has been documented.

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Extensive interior renovations are under way at the Jackson County Central Historical Society Museum in Lakefield.

Work began the last week of March.

Funding for the updating and remodeling of the museum came from savings the museum experienced thanks to a donation from an area farmer that left funds to pay for a new roof for museum as well as the updating of the museum HVAC system.

Each year, the (county) commissioners give us funds as a line item on their annual budget, said society director Mike Kirchmeier. That is $60,000 a year for everything all of the expenses to operate the museum. The funds we have beyond that are raised here.

While project contractor Horkey Construction of Heron Lake works on the front portion of the museum building, Sohn Electric of Jackson is working on the backroom, Kirchmeier said, putting in 20 new, energy-efficient fixtures and bulbs. Sohn Electric added transformers and motion detectors to the lights as well.

The backroom lights work on a motion-detecting system where any motion causes the lights to come on when a person enters the room, Kirchmeier said. They stay on for 30 minutes and stay on as long as there is some motion in the room. Then they shut down after that timeframe if no motion is detected.

In order for the work to be done on the front room of the museum, a lot of items had to be moved, Kirchmeier noted. Displays like the depot had to be moved, as well as the front office. But there were many additional individual items, showcases and displays that had to be moved about too.

The depot was moved near the Heron Lake display in the third room and the office was tore out so the contractors could work there, Kirchmeier said. Moving the depot and removing the office opened up the front room space, but it also left open spaces on the interior walls that needed to be sheetrocked and insulated.

Volunteer Todd Post has been doing the insulating and sheetrock work on those areas of the museum.

Mike Horkey is working on the new drop ceiling framework for the new ceiling in the front room, Kirchmeier said. Remodeling the front room, adding the drop ceiling with its white tiles and replacing the old light fixtures there with larger light fixtures will make the front room brighter and more inviting.

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