www.redmondwashington.org

Hotel Redmond - Judge White, children, visitors	Hotel Redmond - visitors included President Howard Taft, President Teddy Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan, Percy Rockefeller

Redmond, Washington was a center of Pacific Northwest History during the early 1900s with many visitors of world prominence as guests of Justice William H. WHITE at his home which was also the Hotel Redmond. Hotel Redmond has been determined eligible for National Landmark Status.  It was determined a landmark by the City of Redmond in 2000.

Hotel Redmond is located at 7730 Leary Way NE, Redmond, WA. It is on Luke McRedmond's original homestead which is now the Redmond Town Center. It was built by Robert BARRIE according to information on a photo at Marymoor Museum.(we would be very interested in learning more about Robert BARRIE, the builder and also if he was related to Luke's wife Kate (BARRY) McRedmond.)  It was built in 1899 or 1900, but our guess is that it opened in 1900. (we've seen both years listed numerous times) Hotel Redmond (WA) built and operated by Judge WHITE and his wife Emma (McRedmond) WHITE, daughter of Luke McREDMOND. 

Perhaps the most significant aspect of Hotel Redmond was her guests:

• William Jennings Bryan who was nominated three times to represent the Democratic party as their presidential candidate. Bryan was named Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State in 1913. Judge William H. White (who owned Hotel Redmond) was Chairman of the 1896 Washington delegation for the Democrats in Chicago which nominated William Jennings Bryan for his first of three Presidential nominations.
  

• William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States. President Roosevelt made him Secretary of War, and by 1907 had decided that Taft should be his successor. The Republican Convention nominated him the next year.
  
  
• Sam Hill, Mr. Hill's background was in railroads. His father-in-law and employer was head of the Great Northern Railroad. Sam Hill vowed that he would build a hard-surfaced highway from the Mexican border to the Canadian border, and all the way up to Vancouver, BC. So Sam Hill organized the Washington State Good Roads Association in 1901. William P. Perrigo, the younger brother of Warren Wentworth Perrigo was a member of the Washington State Good Roads Association and knew Sam Hill.
  
  On the grounds of his Columbia River gorge estate, Maryhill (now an art museum ) he built ten miles of road (not to mention a replica of Stonehenge). At Maryhill Sam experimented with different road building techniques and surfacing materials. Those were the first paved roads in Washington. Sam Hill left an even greater legacy. He is the man who proposed and spearheaded fundraising efforts to build the International Peace Arch at the US/Canadian border alongside the Pacific Highway. William P. Perrigo
  
  

• Percy Rockerfeller

The Justice William H. WHITE Home and Hotel has been determined eligible for National Landmark Status. Below are a list of links that might be of interest.

Hotel Redmond (WA) built and operated by Justice William H. WHITE and his wife Emma (McRedmond) WHITE

Hotel Redmond is located at 7730 Leary Way NE, Redmond, WA. It on land once owned by Luke McRedmond which is now the Redmond Town Center.

A significant aspect of Hotel Redmond was the guests:

• William Jennings Bryan
• Sam Hill
• William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States
• Percy Rockerfeller
• Teddy Roosevelt

Judge William H. White – previously a Judge when he arrived in Seattle in 1871 to become Probate Judge; 1876-78 elected Prosecuting Attorney, elected prosecuting attorney of the third Judicial District - all of what is now Western WA. 1878-80 elected from King County to the Territorial Legislature, became chairman of the Judiciary Committee. 1878, Seattle City Attorney; 1884 narrowly missed being elected to represent W. T. to Congress, 1885-89- appointed by President as U. S. District Attorney for entire territory of Washington. 1886 – obtained indictments against all accused of harassing the Chinese riots; led the 1896 WA delegation for the Democrats; WA Supreme Court Justice 1900-1902. Judge White married Emma McRedmond, daughter of Luke McRedmond.

Luke McREDMOND was in Puget Sound in 1851, 1857 member of convention electing General Stevens as first W.T. representative to Congress, Kitsap Co. offices included Commissioner, Auditor, Assessor, and Clerk of Elections. Ran for King County Sheriff in 1874 losing by a few votes, helped form the People's Party of 1886, Founder of Seattle & Int’l Railroad, discover of black diamond coal mines, founder of Redmond, WA. Chaired a "Grand Rally" of over 1,000 people who supported the candidates of the People's Party in the Northwest in 1886. 

4,851 RSF (rentable square feet) - from recent brochure created to rent the building

26. Incentive Programs for Landmark Owners

link for the Federal ITC program: http://www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/tax/brochure2.htm#Preservation%20Tax%20Incentives

Here are a few relevant ones that are online.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nr15_toc.htm
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nr16a_toc.htm
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb39_toc.htm 

WHITE, JUSTICE WILLIAM, HOUSE

File # 190 Historic Name WHITE, JUSTICE WILLIAM, HOUSE Other Name REDMOND GOLF LINKS CLUBHOUSE Street Address 7730 LEARY WAY NE City REDMOND County KING Listing Status DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY Date Listed Property Classification BUILDING(S) Property Type DOMESTIC Area of Significance ARCHITECTURE Other Significance EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT