BlockFrom the record
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Clarke County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
White Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Whitehall and Simonton Bridge Rds., Whitehall, 30605
- When was it listed? June 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Athens
- Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Romanesque Revival architecture
- Architect. William Winstead Thomas
- National Register reference number. 79000711 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
129 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of White Hall between 1992 and 2018, burning about 298 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 37 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-OCONEE-002 |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-OCONEE-003 |
| 6 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of White Hall: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| The Georgia Loan & Trust Co. Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehall, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Lightning | Whitehall | $100,000 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that lightning ignited a fire at a residence in Athens located on Ashbrook Drive. Specific details regarding damages were not provided. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $25,000 | Approx 25 trees down across the uga golf course from severe thunderstorm winds. The damage was contained within the south end of the course moving from southwest to northeast. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $10,000 | The Athens Daily News reported that trees were down all across the southeast portion of Clarke county, including the Athens area. The trees brought down many power lines as well, causing nearly 5000 residents to be without power during the evening hours. Much of the damage occurred in the Cedar Creek Subdivision. Some of the downed trees blocked roads, including Midway road, on which both lanes of traffic were blocked, and on Oglethorpe Avenue near the entrance to the U.S. Navy Supply Corps School, where both lanes were blocked as well. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $1,000 | Broadcast media reports tree down at old lexington road near crestwood dr in east athens. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Whitehall | $1,000 | The Grounds Keeper of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in south Clarke County or 4 miles south of Athens reported two large trees fell on the property due to heavy rain. One fell on an access road to the main building and the other fell in the courtyard. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $1,000 | Spotter reported a 10 inch diameter live pine tree completely blocking road. High winds between 7:25 and 7:30. Many small limbs and leaves also down. Scattered power outages in southeast Clarke county. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $1,000 | The Clarke County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down around Athens. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $250 | The Clarke County 911 center reported a tree down on Beaver Trail just off Red Fox Run. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Whitehall | - | The public reported quarter size hail on Lindmar Court. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Whitehall | - | A nursery at Barnett Shoals Road and Hancock Lane reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Whitehall | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail in the far southeast part of Clarke County, south of Winterville and near the Oglethorpe county line. |
| March 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Whitehall | - | The public observed a funnel cloud near the intersection of Gaines School and Lexington Roads in southern Clarke county. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Whitehall | - | The public observed penny to nickel-sized hail in southern Clarke county, just south of the University of Georgia and the city of Athens in the Whitehall area. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Athens Manufacturing Company | 0.7 miles | 2002 |
 | Milledge Circle Historic District | 3.2 miles | 1985 |
| Woodlawn Historic District | 3.3 miles | 1987 | |
| Milledge Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 3.4 miles | 2009 | |
 | Hubert Bond Owens House | 3.4 miles | 2008 |
 | Cobb-Treanor House | 3.5 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000711 in Record Group 79. |
| Clarke County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.