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Charles D. Stimson (businessman)
Charles Douglas Stimson (1857–1929) was a prominent businessman in Seattle, Washington. He was the son of Thomas D. Stimson, Thomas Douglas Stimson (1827–1898), a lumber baron with extensive properties in Michigan. He built the Colonnade Hotel (Seattle), Colonnade Hotel in 1900. It was designed by Charles H. Bebb. He also had property in Los Angeles. He left his family an inheritance. C. D. Stimson came to Seattle in 1888 as he and his brother Fred sought out virgin forest to exploit. 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. It is a Seattle Landmark. It remained in the family for decades and is now known as the Stimson-Green Mansion. C. D. Stimson hired C. R. Aldrick to design the Exchange Building in 1904. Stimson and his brother Frederick Spencer Stimson (1868–1921) owned several Seattle businesses and the Hollywood Farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
