to British Columbia. Politics In 1891, Finch was elected to the Idaho Senate. Other business ventures As his investments in mining began to pay off, Finch went on to become president of the Coeur d’Alene Hardware Company White & Bender, Blalock Fruit Company of Walla Walla and the National Lumber & Box Company of Hoquiam. He named Campbell vice president of all of these companies. He was also a significant stockholder in the Davenport Hotel when it opened in 1914. Personal life In 1896, Finch married Spokane socialite Charlotte Swingler. In 1898, prolific Spokane architect Kirtland Cutter designed Finch Mansion in the Georgian Revival style. It was one of three Cutter homes built on that block in 1898 and set the tone for architecture in Spokane. In 1903 Finch commissioned Cutter to design his Hayden Lake, Idaho estate in the Swiss Chalet style. The original chalet burned down in 1930, shortly after being sold by Finch's widow in 1926. Finch was the president of Spokane's first country club and donated land to Saint Luke's Hospital and the Spokane Children's Home. Legacy Finch died on June 20, 1915, at his home in Hayden Lake, Idaho. He left 60% of his wealth to his wife and the rest to local charities and to "public good." The John A. Finch Memorial Nurses Home in Spokane, Washington opened in 1929. The John A. Finch School opened Monday, January 28, 1924. In 1947 the city of Spokane was gifted $250,000 for the purpose of developing the 65 acre John A. Finch Arboretum. References 1852 births 1915 deaths People from Hayden, Idaho English emigrants to the United States Businesspeople from Idaho Philanthropists from Idaho Idaho state senators 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American philanthropists