Charles D. Stimson (businessman) explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: PCAD - Stimson, Charles D. and Harriet, House, First Hill, Seattle, WA. pcad.lib.washington.edu.
  2. Web site: Stimson, Charles D. and Harriet, House, First Hill, Seattle, WA (1899-1901). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413045912/pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/4735//. 2023-04-13.
  3. Web site: 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. News: Heirs will get final Stimson estate funds . Los Angeles Herald . July 8, 1913 . California Digital Newspaper Collection .
  6. Web site: Stimson-Green Carriage House Lives On As Birch Road Cellar. Ryan Anthony Donaldson LLC.
  7. Web site: Stimson Lumber Company Inc. . Encyclopedia.com.
  8. Web site: The Stimson-Green Mansion. U-S-History.com.
  9. Web site: Stimson-Green Mansion (1901) – Seattle. History link.org.
  10. Web site: Mansion's mystery is solved; opening safe not all it's cracked up to be. Lisa. Stiffler. January 4, 2005. SeattlePI.
  11. Web site: In an old hilltop mansion, a strong voice for preservation . Todd. Matthews. April 14, 2009. Tacoma Daily Index.
  12. Web site: Seattle Histories: A Brief History of Block 17 in Pioneer Square. December 8, 2021. Front Porch.
  13. Web site: The Stimson Story - May 19. The Woodinville Weekly . May 19, 2018.
  14. Web site: Peter . Blecha . Peter Blecha. Hollywood Farm (Woodinville). History link.org. June 23, 2017.
  15. Web site: Thank you to Harriet Stimson Bullitt and a family's noble legacy of giving – The Seattle Times. Seattle Times.
  16. Web site: Bullitt, Stimson (1919-2009). History link.org.
  17. Web site: Priscilla Bullitt Collins Collection on the Stimson and Bullitt Families – Archives West. archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.

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