Redstone Castle

Listed: 2004

Constructed: 1903

Threat: Demolition

Closest Town to Resource: Redstone

Significance: Construction of Redstone Castle began in 1899 and was completed in 1902 at an estimated $2.5 million. At the turn of the century, guests traveled by steamship and rail to Redstone. The estate encompassed 550 acres fenced in wrought iron, guarded by two distinctive gatehouses. It included stables, a carriage house, a greenhouse, a gamekeeper’s cottage, a hydroelectric power plant, and a large working farm. When the Redstone Castle was listed on EPP, it had been seized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). New preservation-minded owners acquired the castle in 2016, have completed an HSA for property, a site master plan, and received a State Historical grant application for ADA improvements and significant masonry repairs at the castle and carriage house. An easement on property protects seven rooms at the site in perpetuity, and rooms have been sensitively adapted as hotel suites for visitors are now available. The project was awarded a State Honor Award at the 2019 Dana Crawford Awards ceremony and is considered a save. However, the owners have put the property back on the market, and its long-term status is somewhat unknown