C. H. Cobb was a timber industry capitalist. He arrived in Seattle in 1876 and was part owner of the Cobb and Field Timber Company. He later was a foreman for the Port Blakely Mill Company. In 1897 he incorporated the Port Susan Logging Company and later the Ebey Logging Company and the International Timber Company. He founded the Marysville and Arlington Railroad Company and organized the Cobb-Healy Investment Company in Seattle. Mr. Cobb was one of the original stockholders of the Metropolitan Building Company, which owns the lease of the original University of Washington tract of ten acres in downtown Seattle. The Cobb building in Seattle was named in his honor. In 1915 Mr. Cobb made a permanent move to his summer home in Altadena. He was active in the Pasadena Scottish Rite and oversaw the construction of the Pasadena Scottish Rite Temple in 1925. The Cobb Auditorium is named in his honor. After Mr. Cobb's death in 1939 his mansion in Altadena became a Mason's home and then a nuns retreat. The structure was bulldozed in 1956 and the Cobb estate was purchased by the Marx Brothers. Neighbors bought the property in 1971 and deeded it to the forest service. It is a popular hiking destination today.
C. H. Cobb was a timber industry capitalist. He arrived in Seattle in 1876 and was part owner of the Cobb and Field Timber Company. He later was a foreman for the Port Blakely Mill Company. In 1897 he incorporated the Port Susan Logging Company and later the Ebey Logging Company and the International Timber Company. He founded the Marysville and Arlington Railroad Company and organized the Cobb-Healy Investment Company in Seattle. Mr. Cobb was one of the original stockholders of the Metropolitan Building Company, which owns the lease of the original University of Washington tract of ten acres in downtown Seattle. The Cobb building in Seattle was named in his honor. In 1915 Mr. Cobb made a permanent move to his summer home in Altadena. He was active in the Pasadena Scottish Rite and oversaw the construction of the Pasadena Scottish Rite Temple in 1925. The Cobb Auditorium is named in his honor. After Mr. Cobb's death in 1939 his mansion in Altadena became a Mason's home and then a nuns retreat. The structure was bulldozed in 1956 and the Cobb estate was purchased by the Marx Brothers. Neighbors bought the property in 1971 and deeded it to the forest service. It is a popular hiking destination today.
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