White created his fortune as president of the Clarinda Poultry Butter and Egg Company.

He hired local architect William W. Welch to design his house.

The 2½-story frame house features Tuscan columns on the front porch, dentil cornice, and diamond lights in the second floor windows.

It originally housed a horse and buggy, and has been transformed into an automobile garage.

This article about a property in Page County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.