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Show OMBNo. 1Q024.oo18 NPS Form 10·900-a Utah WoraPerlect 5.1 ForMat (Revised Feo. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. JL Page ~ KnighVFinch, House , Orem, Utah County, UT manager from 1904 to 1912.1 The Knights lived in the house from 1909, when it was constructed, until 1917, when they sold it and moved with their six children to Idaho. After living in Idaho for only a short time the Knights realized they had made a mistake in leaving Orem. Newell attempted to repurchase his house on the bench but was unable t0 2 . He did manage to re-establish himself and his family in Orem where he became a farmer for many years. The Knights later moved to Provo, in 1929, where Newell died in 1935 and Eliza in 1939. Thomas and Anna Walters were the second owners of the house, purchasing it from the Knights in 1917. Thomas was born in Stavenshire, England, March 8, 18633 , and moved to Utah while still a boy. He lived in Silver City, a mining community, for much of his life until settling in Orem to farm the land 4 • He married Anna Anderson who was born November 22, 1877, and moved to Utah from Copenhagen, Denmark in 1885 with her parents who had joined the L.D.S. Church. The Walters had six children and lived in the house until Walters death on May 10, 1926. Anna moved to Provo and lived another five years before she passed away April 10, 1931. Joseph and Ethel Davis Finch purchased the house from Anna Walters in 1926. Joseph was born in Goshen, Utah June 18, 1882 to Hyrum and Mary Ann Gathetl Finch. Joseph worked as a miner in Eureka but suffered ill-effects from breathing coal dust. While living in Eureka, he married Ethel Davis and they had five children. Joseph served two missions for the L.D.S. church, in the Central States and in Canada. Upon returning from his second mission he moved his family to Orem where they could "work with nature in planting and harvesting their fruits and vegetables," and "breathe the pure, fresh air."5 After the Finch family moved in, the house served a dual role as a residence and as Joseph Finch's office while he served as the Orem City judge and justice of the peace. He served in these offices from 1928 to 1931 and subsequently as the Bishop of the Sharon L.D.S. Ward. The family worked hard to raise the various crops and fruit on the farm , selling the produce fruit shippers and wholesalers, as well as to local customers. During the Great Depression their harvest kept them alive since they had little money to spend. In 1936, Joseph was stricken with tuberculosis and was sent to the Mulrose Sanitarium in Duarte, California for treatment. He died there two years later on June 7, 1938. Ethel and continued to reside in the home and take care of the farm with the help of her family until 1974 when she died. The house has been used to house various businesses since then. 6 : Salt Lake Tribune. November 11, 1935, p.12. 2 'Families Roots Entwined Around Historic Home." number given. Qrem Geneva Ti mes. No date or page 3 No parents' names are provided in Thomas Walters' obi tuary, nor were any other biographical s ources discovered. • R.L. Polk & Co. Provo City and Utah County Directory , Vol, IX. ; "Family' s Roots Entwined Around Historic House." not provided. , "Famil y 's Roots Entwined Around Historic Home." provided. 1920. Orem Geneva Times. Orem Geneva Times. Date and page no. Date and page no. not |
