The population continued to grow due to its strategic location for floating and distributing lumber.

[5] Whitehall is in northwestern Muskegon County, about 5 miles (8.0 km) inland from Lake Michigan.

In 1973 the theater was in danger of demolition and was acquired and renovated by nearby Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp with the help of a local fund drive and the participation of Whitehall's largest employer at the time, Howmet Castings.

Blue Lake had been putting out productions until they built their own on-site facility in 2006.

[8] Community fund raising efforts to improve the playhouse and keep it running are ongoing.

They provide numerous opportunities for members of the community and surrounding areas to view, listen to, create, and learn from the arts.

ACWL programs, scholarships and grants reach thousands of people each year, and help build a spirited, giving, and global White Lake culture.

[citation needed] Whitehall is also home to three Frank Lloyd Wright cottages and a house, built from 1897 to 1905.

The brick lighthouse is now a museum and features exhibits about the area's history related to the shipping and logging industries.

On May 17, 1953, Mrs. Frances Johnson, the then-keeper of the lighthouse, was a contestant on the long-running TV panel show What's My Line?.

[9] In July 2023, the idea of a public inspirational graffiti art wall was approved by the city council.

It was locatedon the White Lake Pathway bike trail under the Colby Street overpass in downtown Whitehall.

[10] Less than a year later, on March 12, 2024, the city council announced that the art wall would no longer be open for artistic expression and would be painted over later that day.