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Community moved and awed on moving day
| November 19, 2019 10:15 PM In my Main Street column on Aug. 14 I wrote about the efforts by the Museum of North Idaho to move the J.C. White house that had been gifted by the owner to house the museum. “It’s been 116 years…
Read MoreMansion on the MOVE
| November 17, 2019 12:00 AM At the crack of dawn Saturday, a mighty truck turned several corners and one huge page in the city’s history. The majestic J.C. White House traveled from 8th and Sherman to 8th and Young. From its new home at the…
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Tomorrow is White House moving day
| November 15, 2019 1:18 PM The historic J.C. White House will move to its final home at the base of Tubbs Hill tomorrow, Nov. 16. The house will be moved from 8th and Sherman to 8th and Young beginning at 6 a.m. It will serve…
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Saturday is White House moving day
By Staff| November 12, 2019 12:00 AM The historic J.C. White House will move to its final home at the base of Tubbs Hill on Saturday. The house will be moved from 8th and Sherman to 8th and Young beginning at 6 a.m. It will serve as…
Read MoreNew Singletary book to launch at library
| October 18, 2019 1:00 AM A book launch for “Coeur d’Alene: Beautiful and Progressive,” a new book by regional historian Robert Singletary, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Coeur d’Alene Public Library. Singletary, who is a frequent speaker at the library, shared research…
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Old to new: Ground broken on Museum of North Idaho relocation 20,000 square foot facility to replace confining 4,300-square-foot building
By Keith Erickson Correspondent| September 21, 2019 1:00 AM COEUR d’ALENE — In the world of museums, old is good. But sometimes history needs a facelift — and a little elbow room. That’s what’s in store for the Museum of North Idaho, which has been in its…
Read MoreMUSEUM: Local treasure threatened
| August 18, 2019 1:00 AM In less than 45 days another historic Coeur d’Alene home will be plowed down in favor of new, trendy townhouses. Of course I’m referring to the White House, that grand old home at Eighth and Sherman. Built in 1903 by…
Read MoreHISTORIC: This is forever
| August 16, 2019 1:00 AM I read with pride Kerri Thoreson’s column in the Aug. 14 issue of The Press entitled “Historic home worth preserving, celebrating.” Her recognition of the worth of preserving the structure that was once a strong part of her recollection of…
Read MoreHistoric home worth preserving, celebrating
| August 13, 2019 10:43 PM It’s been 106 years since the home of J.C. White made news in the Coeur d’Alene Press. Back then it was for the grandeur of the structure and the stature of the owner. Now in 2019 the beautiful house that’s…
Read MoreDeal would lift house – and hopes of Museum
By Craig Northrup Staff Writer| April 30, 2019 1:00 AM Community leaders are negotiating a project that would lift the historic J.C. White House on Sherman Avenue off its foundation and into a permanent museum space at the base of Tubbs Hill. Currently titled the North Idaho…
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