Built in 1842 in the Greek Revival architecture. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1980. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“Whitehall Farm is a historic farmstead near the village of Yellow Springs in Greene County, Ohio, United States. Deemed a premier piece of architecture by the late nineteenth century, it has been named a historic site.”
Wikipedia article Whitehall Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 30 National Register listings in Greene County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1842, Greek Revival architecture · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Greene County.
National Register reference number.80003031- 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.
Miami township was organized on the 8th day of June, 1808, being taken from Bath and Xenia townships. Its northwest corner was in the present Mad River township. Clark county, in the south line of Champaign county, two miles north of the present nurtheast corner of Bath townshii). From this point the west hne of Miami extended south seven miles to the southern line of Bath township : thence it extended east to the east line of the county. The present southern line of Miami is part of the original line. Extend the present southern line of Aliami two miles west and then east to the east line of the county and we shall havi the original line. ]Miami township then included in what is now Greene ctjunty, the nijrthern portions of what is now Cedarville and Ross townships, and in Clark county about one-third of Mad River township, all of Greene and one-half of ^^ladison township. The first election was held in the house of David S. Brodick at Yellow Springs.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 908 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Whitehall Farm between 1870 and
1975: 640 Animalia, 143 Plantae, 119 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by ?, A JOHN, A. H. Bauer and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Whitehall Farm: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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
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From the nomination file
2,627 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
of Yellow Springs, Ohio. The house sits on a knoll overlooking a forty-two acre The facade of this building, which faces the south, consists of five recessed at the corners and between the recessed bays. The west side of this building consists of five recessed bays with two windows On top of this is a dressed stone watertable. A low pitched hipped roof marble and walnut. A circular staircase is in the center of the interior plan. CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT RUINS estate. DETERIORATED FAIR outbuildings are historically significant. XALTERED GOOD CHECK ONE .UNALTERED There are extensive farm buildings including a house, shops, sheds and barns. A massive Greek revival portico is the most outstanding feature of the facade. covered by asbestos shingle caps the structure.
consoles with a wrought iron rail and transomed french doors.The windows are The large pediment is supported by wooden fluted columns of the Ionic order.A closed with glass serves as a greenhouse. Whitehall Farm is an enormous Greek revival farmhouse built north of the town wooden boxed cornice on brackets surrounds the building along with a corbelled The complex provides an appropriate environment for the house but none of the Whitehall sits on a stone foundation;both flat and rock faced ashlar are _MOVED rectangular,6/6 double hung sash with lug sills and lintels of stone. DATE. brick frieze with attic window panels and paneled soffit. There are brick pilasters on each range of each bay. These windows are 6/6 double hung sash and 6/6/6 triple in walnut and have atticurge doorways.
There are several fireplaces finished in bays. A recessed entrance is located in the center bay.
Whitehall Farm is significant as the home of an important political Martin Baum, industrialist, merchant, financier, and early settler of the Ohio Legislature; in 1838 and 1839 he occupied a seat in the Ohio Senate. War. Harlan was an ardent abolitionist. On several occasions Whitehall was the scene of political gatherings, including one which led to the birth of the Ohio Republican Party in 1854. it from flat to hip form, and added a porch on the east side in 1866. The careful management of Allen and his son, The Allen Stock Farm produced great Edwin Kelly of Springfield. The Kellys added the pedimented portico, c. 1900.
massive pilasters throughout the exterior are the main classical features of the by the classical porches on the facade and east elevation, and by the massive added to the facade about 1900 is the ultimate Greek feature of the property. 1800-1899 ART INVENTION The ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC 1700-1799 EDUCATION BUILDER/ARCHITECT EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT PERIOD LITERATURE MILITARY INDUSTRY 1900- PREHISTORIC _1500-1599 _1400-1499 _1600-1699 XARCHITECTURE 8SIGNIFICANCE Folly. _CONSERVATION _RELIGION figure and as an impressive example of Classical architecture.
Yellow Springs and in 1842 undertook the monumental task of constructing a XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT profits as well as a prize-winning herd of livestock.Allen died in 1890, one AGRICULTURE The overwhelming scale of the house adds to its significance as an impressive _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _SCULPTURE 1866 somewhat tempered the Greek feeling of the house;but this iscounterbalenced years it prospered under the title of The Allen Stock Farm.Mr.Allen found SCIENCE In 1864,Harlan sold Whitehall to Charles Merric and John Allen of Xenia - LAW of eighteen hundred acres known as Whitehall, was bequeathed to his son David. was elected to Congress in 1852 and was to serve until the outbreak of the Civil for the price of $50 per acre. original construction.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 80003031, 18 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
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.
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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
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