Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“The White Hall Foundry is a historic iron foundry located at 102 S. Jacksonville St. in White Hall, Illinois.”
Wikipedia article White Hall Foundry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on White Hall Township in History of Greene County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing a History of the County ; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. ; a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens ; War Record.., published 1879 names White Hall. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
White Hall, one of the most flourishing towns in Southern Illinois, whose tile, sewer pipe and pottery finds its way all over the Union, was founded by David Barrow, on the 12th day of January, 1832. The town plat which was recorded March 9, 1832, in the presence of J. J. Cavell, a justice of the peace, reveals the fact that White Hall was laid out on the southeast corner of section 35, in township 12, north of range 12 west The plat was surveyed by Jeremiah Smith, Deputy Surveyor of Greene County, and contained forty-eight lots and four streets, known as West street. East street, Main street, and Church street.
Passage source: History of Greene County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing a History of the County ; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. ; a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens ; War Record.., published 1879.
The first settlements in townsliip 12, r. 12, in which White Hall is situated, were probably made about the 3^ear 1820. About that time came Charles Kitchen, afterward a Baptist minister, Lewis Roberts, John Thompson, and others. The next year we hear of the arrival of Absalom Frames and William Hudson.
Passage source: History of Greene County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing a History of the County ; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. ; a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens ; War Record.., published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on White Hall Township - 37,197 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of White Hall Foundry: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purington Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Valstad Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Hall, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | $10,000 | The County Sheriff reported large tree limbs down. One fell on and damaged a home. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines around town as well as numerous tree limbs. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | $300 | Wind gusts reached 60 mph with several large trees blown down. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F1) | White Hall | $145 | The Illinois State Police and storm spotters followed a tornado from the White Hall area to near Manchester. The tornado lifted off the ground at times but did damage several farm buildings and trees as it traveled nearly parallel to Highway 267. |
| April 2024 | Hail | White Hall | - | Large hail up to 1.75 inches was reported in White Hall and Roodhouse. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines around town, as well as numerous tree limbs. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and power lines around town. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | White Hall | - | Up to 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. The town of Hillview became isolated as all the roads travelling into town were impassable due to flooding from Hurricane Creek. A number of homes in town had water in them. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs around town. Also, several power lines were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | Numerous tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2004 | Funnel Cloud | White Hall | - | A storm spotter reported a funnel cloud southwest of White Hall. |
| August 2003 | Hail | White Hall | - | The Sheriff Department reported 3/4 inch hail in White Hall. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and power lines. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage across much of White Hall. Numerous trees and power lines were down with virtually the entire town without power for at least 4 hours. One small home was destroyed when a large tree fell on it. Numerous vehicles were damaged by falling trees as well. |
| April 2000 | Hail | White Hall | - | Hail up to golfball size was reported from White Hall to Roodhouse . |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | The local newspaper reported trees down in White Hall. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
| April 2012 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Hall | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Hail | White Hall | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | White Hall Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1987 |
 | White Hall Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 0.4 miles | 1993 |
 | Virginia Tillery Round Barn | 1.9 miles | 1982 |
| Hotel Roodhouse | 3.5 miles | 1995 | |
| Greene County Almshouse | 7.6 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80001365 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Greene County | All 12 listed properties in this county. |
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