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.
[5] C. D. Stimson came to Seattle in 1888[6] as he and his brother Fred sought out virgin forest to exploit.
It was designed by Spokane architect Kirtland Cutter and built in 1901, a couple of years after the Great Seattle Fire.
[14] Stimson's daughter Dorothy Bullitt founded King Broadcasting in 1947.