White Hall, also known as the William Cann Tenant House and Andrew Elliason Tenant House, is a historic home located at

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. It was built in three phases during the 19th century between about 1830 and 1860, and is a two-story, five-bay frame dwelling with a

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roof. It has a -story rear wing that creates a "T" configuration. It is in a vernacular

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-style. Also on the property are a contributing frame dairy barn, a concrete block milk house, and a frame implement shed, all dated to the 1930s. and It was listed on the

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in 1990.

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