On the south edge of town stands the substantial country home of William Henry White, an early territorial statesman and state politician, and his wife Emma McRedmond White, a pioneer daughter and civic activist. The farmhouse was built in 1900 on the homestead land of Emma’s father, town founder Luke McRedmond. Although the interior of the house was converted to a golf course clubhouse some 40 years ago, the exterior remains much as it was originally designed. With its steeply pitched gables and dormers, its fancy-butt shingle work, and its diagonally paned casement windows, the building has the flavor of a rustic ·gothic cottage. Stylistically unusual for its time and place, the William White House is an important architectural link to early-day Redmond, an area that has experienced phenomenal growth and development in the last two decades.

Redmond City Park is associated with events that made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local history. It is a direct product of a nationwide Depression-era economic recovery program that had a significant impact on the physical development of parks throughout the United States and particularly in King County. The park’s buildings are strong examples of Depression-era public architecture, known variously as CCC-style or Park Service Rustic. Redmond City Park occupies a significant place in Redmond community history; established in 1938 under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), it was the first and only community park in Redmond until 1968. Since then, many more have been created.