Charles D. Stimson (businessman)

This article is about the businessman. For the lawyer and official, see Charles Stimson (lawyer).

Charles Douglas Stimson (1857–1929) was a prominent businessman in Seattle, Washington.[1]

He was the son of Thomas Douglas Stimson (1827–1898), a lumber baron with extensive properties in Michigan.[2][3] He built the Colonnade Hotel in 1900. It was designed by Charles H. Bebb.[4] He also had property in Los Angeles. He left his family an inheritance.[5]

C. D. Stimson came to Seattle in 1888[6] as he and his brother Fred sought out virgin forest to exploit.[7] He built a mansion at 1204 Minor Avenue on First Hill for his family. It was designed by Spokane architect Kirtland Cutter and built in 1901, a couple of years after the Great Seattle Fire.[8] It is a Seattle Landmark.[9] It remained in the family for decades[10] and is now known as the Stimson-Green Mansion.[11]

C. D. Stimson hired C. R. Aldrick to design the Exchange Building in 1904.[12]

Stimson and his brother Frederick Spencer Stimson (1868–1921) owned several Seattle businesses[13] and the Hollywood Farm in King County's Hollywood District (now in Woodinville, Washington). They built mansion retreats in Woodinville.[14]

Stimson's daughter Dorothy Bullitt founded King Broadcasting in 1947. Her children became philanthropists giving to community and conservation causes in and around Seattle.[15] Stimson Bullitt was her son.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PCAD - Stimson, Charles D. and Harriet, House, First Hill, Seattle, WA". pcad.lib.washington.edu.
  2. ^ "Stimson, Charles D. and Harriet, House, First Hill, Seattle, WA (1899-1901)". Archived from the original on 2023-04-13.
  3. ^ "History | Stimson Lumber".
  4. ^ The City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board, "Report on designation: Colonnade Hotel/Gatewood Apartments, 107 Pine Street", The Historic Preservation Program, The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, June 20, 2017.
  5. ^ "Heirs will get final Stimson estate funds". Los Angeles Herald. July 8, 1913 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  6. ^ "Stimson-Green Carriage House Lives On As Birch Road Cellar". Ryan Anthony Donaldson LLC.
  7. ^ "Stimson Lumber Company Inc". Encyclopedia.com.
  8. ^ "The Stimson-Green Mansion". U-S-History.com.
  9. ^ "Stimson-Green Mansion (1901) – Seattle". History link.org.
  10. ^ Stiffler, Lisa (January 4, 2005). "Mansion's mystery is solved; opening safe not all it's cracked up to be". SeattlePI.
  11. ^ Matthews, Todd (April 14, 2009). "In an old hilltop mansion, a strong voice for preservation". Tacoma Daily Index.
  12. ^ "Seattle Histories: A Brief History of Block 17 in Pioneer Square". Front Porch. December 8, 2021.
  13. ^ "The Stimson Story - May 19". The Woodinville Weekly. May 19, 2018.
  14. ^ Blecha, Peter (June 23, 2017). "Hollywood Farm (Woodinville)". History link.org.
  15. ^ "Thank you to Harriet Stimson Bullitt and a family's noble legacy of giving – The Seattle Times". Seattle Times.
  16. ^ "Bullitt, Stimson (1919-2009)". History link.org.
  17. ^ "Priscilla Bullitt Collins Collection on the Stimson and Bullitt Families – Archives West". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
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