National and State Register

Redstone Historic District

Pitkin County

The Redstone Historic District is a rare, intact Colorado example of an industrial company town, with examples of buildings ranging from worker’s cottages to the large estate of the industrial magnate John Cleveland Osgood.

Superintendent's House in the Redstone Historic District, 1988.

Superintendent's House in the Redstone Historic District, 1988.

Osgood, as head of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company from 1892 until 1903, regarded Redstone as his personal project and saw the town’s development as a model and standard for the industry.  The district survives as a major body of work by architect Theodore Boal.  Boal adapted popular Victorian styles to a mountain setting utilizing unique combinations of wood and stone in his picturesque designs.  Listed under Historic Resources of Redstone, Colorado and Mining Industry in Colorado Multiple Property Submissions.