{"nrhp_refnum":"92001837","name":"White Hall Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 S. Jacksonville St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"White Hall","county":"Greene County","state":"IL","lat":39.43636341900003,"lon":-90.40186500299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-02-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, yellow-buff brick Classical Revival U.S. Post Office at 120 South Jacksonville Street in White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, built 1937-1938 and occupied January 31, 1938, by the Weitz Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa.","why_significant":"The post office is added to the White Hall Historic District under Criterion A for Government, as the local postal branch and part of the town's business district. It is a typical Depression-era public works post office built under the Public Works Administration. It also holds the sculpture \"Potter and His Burro,\" which extends the district's period of significance to 1939.","narrative":"Post office service in White Hall, Illinois, is housed in a one-story Classical Revival building at 120 South Jacksonville Street. Built in 1937-1938 of yellow-buff brick by the Weitz Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa, it was formally occupied on January 31, 1938. It has a side-gabled form with a rear ell, limestone foundation and steps, original wrought iron balustrades and lanterns, and a carved eagle above the entrance. Inside, a sculpture titled \"Potter and His Burro\" by Felix Schlag honors the town's pottery industry; it was commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture and installed in 1939. The building was constructed under the Public Works Administration, like many Illinois post offices of the Depression era. Because of the fifty-year rule, it was left out of the original White Hall Historic District. Its addition extends the district's period of significance to 1939 and recognizes its role in the town's business district. The building is still a post office and retains a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1867-1939 (district period expanded from 1867-1927)","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by Weitz Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a post office, its original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.564919-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/8929/28892921/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/92001837.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001837/739f26b99f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001837/739f26b99f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Boscophotos","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_117_Main_Street,_White_Hall.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Boscophotos</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:Image_117_Main_Street,_White_Hall.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892921","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hall_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159246"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/greene-county/white-hall-historic-district-boundary-increase-92001837/"}