BlockFrom the record
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Wilson County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Whitehall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. N of Sutherland Springs on SR 539, Sutherland Springs, 78121
- When was it listed? February 1980
- Category. building
- Census division. La Vernia
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 80004161 - 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
136 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Whitehall between 2005 and 2013, burning about 1,764 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOORE FIRE |
| 3 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FREEMAN FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODCREEK POND FIRE |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whitehall: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Clay |
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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mueller Bridge | 2.8 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80004161 in Record Group 79. |
| Wilson County | All 4 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.