Whitehall Farm
Whitehall Farm | |
Location | North of Yellow Springs off U.S. Route 68 in Miami Township |
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Nearest city | Yellow Springs, Ohio |
Coordinates | 39°48′50″N 83°53′2″W / 39.81389°N 83.88389°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1842 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80003031[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 31, 1980 |
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.
Land at the site of the present Whitehall Farm was purchased in 1808 by
Two stories tall with a large four-pillar portico,[4] Harlan's house is composed of brick walls,[3] a stone foundation, an asbestos roof, and elements of wood and stone.[4] Its interior is divided into twelve rooms.[2] The brick was fired in a nearby kiln, and the ornate wooden interior was derived from standing oak and wild cherry trees in the neighborhood and the walnut trees that originally surrounded the house. Harlan chose a hillock as his construction site, and the house consequently commands a wide view in every direction.[3] Today, the house occupies part of a large farm, which also includes another house and numerous outbuildings.[2]
By 1918, Whitehall had acquired the status of Greene County's "most picturesque country house".[3] Sixty-two years later, Whitehall Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. While it qualified because of its important Greek Revival architecture,[1] its place as the home of a prominent local citizen was also sufficient for its designation.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 546-547.
- ^ a b c d Broadstone, Michael A. History of Greene County, Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. Vol. 1. Indianapolis: Bowen, 1918, 305-306.
- ^ Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2012-12-26.