Talk:White Hall (Toano, Virginia)

The well

The nomination form says:

• Wells - 2 - Non-contributing Structures - In the side yard are two wells, one with a square wellhead of planks, early 20th century in date, and one with a cylindrical concrete cover at ground level. This latter enclosure is modern.

I do not think the well mentioned in paragraph three is historical.  Thundersnow  23:54, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I think this is a reference to a former well on the property. When, I moved the user's draft into article space, I did some quick copyediting to bring it more in line with encyclopedic style and tone. This was the original text:

They also installed the trademark brick lined well to provide water to the property. Coninsidentally, you can also find the same type of brick lined well at the Geddy property located in Colonial Williamsburg. Throughout my childhood I can remember my father asking me to "go find the old wells" as a joke to entertain me, as we could not seem to locate more than one well on the property. This well ran dry in the late 20th century and we installed a conventional deep well.

The article was written by a member of the family who own the property. It might be better to remove the mention of the well completely or to clarify what is meant. Voceditenore (talk) 05:58, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Is there a reliable source aside from the NRHP nomination? Any at all?  Thundersnow  11:05, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

I haven't been able to find one, although the Geddy House in Williamsburg (same family) had brick-lined wells [1]. I'd suggest removing it from the article for now. Or adding something like: "The current wells on the property date from the 20th century". Voceditenore (talk) 11:37, 28 September 2012 (UTC)