@CinnamonGrammy
RE: propane. There should be [legally, I think] a shut off right where the propane enters your house. THEN SECONDLY, you can always lift the heavy metal lid and shut off the gas from the tank itself. Due to propane trucks not wanting to do our steeeep driveway in winter, we were forced to relocate the tank waaay down in barnyard. It’s so much more accessible to them and freed up some space on our “perch” up here around the house.
I would shut off both…given the chance. We did when we left in wildfire Evac. If you do shut off AT THE TANK….leave the heavy lid OFF….on the ground. That’s supposed to let the fire fighters know that valve is off. But it also prevents the lid from blowing sky-high if the tank suddenly “vents” in the heat of wildfire. What goes up…..comes down and you don’t want it to hit those with hoses on your house or shovels making fire-breaks.
Down side is that a professional really needs to relight your pilot lights when you return from Evac. ….and that’s when we got a new furnace. [expensive year!]
Your house sounds like it would be very interesting. Homes built now tend to be economical and boring. I love older ones with generations of odd add-ons!
Ours is 25×25….too small to be interesting. “Quaint” perhaps. lol
OldMtWoman