Moving History Forward... To Our New Home
In 2019, MONI board members, City of Coeur d'Alene staff, and community members facilitated the donation of the historic JC White House to become the new museum. Since that time, MONI board and staff have been hard at work raising the $3.2M needed to move the building to its new site, renovate the interior and exterior to meet modern code requirements, build an elevator, and construct beautiful grounds and parking lot.
Phase 1 of the project completed in early 2025, and we opened to the public on April 18, 2025. We wouldn't be more grateful for the incredible support of this incredible community.
Phase 1 Supporters
Major Donors
$200,000 - $700,000
ignite cda
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Anonymous Donor
Charles K Ford
$100,000 - $199,999
John Morgan Richards
Widmyer Family
Cort & Brenda Sims
Rosenberry Family
Brandvold Family
John & Helen Yuditsky
$50,000 - $99,000
Bill & Julie Gibbs
Richard & Judy Sheldon
Tom & Kirste Richards
Analee Compton
Kimberly A Thurman
$25,000 - $49,999
Athletic Round Table
Architects West
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, Inc.
Treacy Foundation
The Jacklin Family
Judy & Steve Meyer
$10,001 - $24,999
Union Pacific Railroad
Mike & Laurie Dixon
Members for Church Accountability Loma-Linda, CA
Harry Morrison Foundation
James & Joy Hail & Family
Dr. & Mrs. Tom Thilo
Avista Foundation
Numerica Credit Union
$5,001 - $10,000
Bud Ford
Dan & Kathryn Pinkerton
Donald Sausser
The Stevens Family
The Family of Thomas T. and Lola B. Kerl
Marilyn & Conrad Lahr
Women's Gift Alliance
Innovia Foundation
Idaho Heritage Trust
William G. Pomeroy Foundation
Roy & Judy Glickman
Idaho Commissions for the Arts Grant
Leadership Coeur d'Alene Class of 2022
Washington Trust Bank
Clyde McCaw
Dorinda Thurman
$5,000
Aspen Homes
BNSF Railway Foundation
Hecla Mining Company
Idaho Humanties Council
PotlatchDeltic
Sy & Susi Golub
James & Barbara Fillmore
Barbara S Nelson
Doral "Butch" & Connie McGee
Brian & Dana Kroetch
Dean & Cindy Haagenson
O’Leary-Chadderdon Family
Dorinda Thurman
Morbeck Family
James & Sandra Schramm
John & Joanna Adams - Coeur d'Alene Tractor
The Ainsworth Family
Luke & Deb Russell
Weadick Family
Mary Sanderson
$5,000
Ray & Vickie Johnson
Raymond & Jane Morgan
Sandy & Jeanne Emerson & Family
Sandy & Holladay Sanderson
Robert & Teri Farr
Wally & Pamela Adams - Coeur d'Alene Tractor
Kathryn Arneson
The Family of Wallace & Marian Hayenga
Idaho Community Foundation
JoAnn & K.V. Nelson
Rotchy Barker
Lisa Nunlist & Steve Flory
Anonymous Donor
In Kind
J.W. Peck of Peck & Peck Excavating
Andy's Heating & Cooling
Rob Johnson & Family
Big Tree Construction
McLain