{"nrhp_refnum":"07000234","name":"White Hall","other_names":["Whitehall Plantation","Whitehall Tavern","#047-0041"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3200 Rochambeau Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toano","county":"James City County","state":"VA","lat":37.40407263800006,"lon":-76.80338000716753,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"White Hall, also called Whitehall Plantation or Whitehall Tavern, is a two-story frame side-passage house at 3200 Rochambeau Road near Toano, James City County, Virginia, built for William Geddy in 1805-06, with early 20th-century outbuildings on a 42-acre property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion A for Social History, through the Geddy family, who lived there for more than two centuries and were prominent in early Williamsburg. It also claims Criterion C for architecture, since the plan and interior details show changes in Virginia houses of the early republican period, including a growing emphasis on privacy alongside conservative rural carpentry.","narrative":"White Hall is a two-story frame house with a side-passage plan, standing near the intersection of Route 30 and US Route 60 at Toano in James City County. It was built in 1805-06 for William Geddy and remained largely unaltered until early in the 20th century. A raised front porch was added about 1915, followed by a rear wing and porch around 1935, with bathrooms and further interior changes in later decades. Original features survive inside, including the massive stair, raised-panel doors, floors and several chimneypieces. Behind the house is a group of outbuildings arranged around a paddock: a workshop, privy, garage, barn, corn crib ruins and poultry structures. The property is recognized for its link to the Geddy family, who occupied the land nearly continuously for more than two centuries, and for its architecture. The stair's rearward placement and the full upper floors reflect a growing concern for domestic privacy, while old-fashioned stair details show the conservatism of rural carpenters.","period_of_significance":"1805-1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal; Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as domestic dwelling; one barn-area corn crib has collapsed and a frame outbuilding is in ruins.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.786896-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/6813/41681377/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000234.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000234/383bb1cd7c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000234/383bb1cd7c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"SKM2000","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Hall_Farm,_Toano.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">SKM2000</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Hall_Farm,_Toano.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681377","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hall_(Toano,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7994763"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/james-city-county/white-hall-07000234/"}