In 1950, Redmond had just 573 residents. 75 of those residents volunteered labor and/or materials to build a combination volunteer fire station, city hall, and jail. 

The building also housed the office of Fredrick A. Reil. At this time he was the city clerk, the justice of the peace, the municipal judge, the water superintendent, the city's notary public, and the town's only full-time employee. There was a lot happening in that space! 

"In those days, City Council meetings in the volunteer fire station were sometimes punctuated by the shouts of rowdy jail inmates locked up in the same building."
Seattle Times April 15, 1990

In 1969, the City Council authorized a full-time fire department, and allocated $94,000 in funds for  a chief and four firefighters to be staffed in 1970. 

In the early 80s the fire department vacated the building. At this point the city operates several fire stations, the number of staff has been increased, and the service area has been expanded.  

At the end of 1985 the YMCA moved into the building.