Osgood Castle
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Osgood Castle
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West (front) elevation, 2011
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 Location within Colorado
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| Location | Redstone, CO |
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| Nearest city | Aspen |
| Coordinates | 39°10′9″N 107°14′29″W / 39.16917°N 107.24139°WCoordinates: 39°10′9″N 107°14′29″W / 39.16917°N 107.24139°W |
| Area | 150 acres (61 ha) |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Theodore Boal |
| Architectural style | Stick style |
| Part of | Redstone Historic District (#89000934) |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000216 |
| Added to NRHP | June 28, 1971 |
Redstone Castle, also known as Cleveholm or Osgood Castle, is a mansion south of Redstone, Colorado, United States. It is a large timber frame structure built in the early 20th century as the home of John C. Osgood, founder of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, in a simplified version of the Stick style. In 1971 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, the first property in Pitkin County to be listed. It was later additionally listed as a contributing property to the Redstone Historic District.
The castle was at the south end of the planned company town of Redstone, meant by Osgood to be an improvement over the usual housing and conditions in Western mining towns of the late 19th century. Just across the Crystal River were the coke ovens that processed coal mined higher up in the mountains and loaded onto a rail line. Miners and cokers in the town lived in cottages with electricity and running water, considered luxury items at the time. At his mansion, Osgood, at the time one of the country's richest men, entertained guests like Theodore Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller and King Leopold of Belgium, who joined him on hunts. The lush interior features European antique furniture and work by Gustav Stickley and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Its design was supposedly based on the ancestral home of Osgood's wife Alma.
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