Charles D. Stimson (businessman)

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

Stimson, circa 1918

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

Thomas Douglas Stimson's house in Los Angeles (Stimson House)

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]

The home of Charles Stimson and his family in Seattle (Stimson-Green Mansion)

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]

Construction of the Stimson Medical Center Building in Seattle in 1924

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

• Stimson House in Los Angeles
• List of Seattle Landmarks

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.