Curwood Castle Park 226 Curwood Castle Drive, Owosso
989-725-0597
www.owossohistory.org
James Oliver Curwood – Writer, Conservationist, Visionary, Iconoclast, Imaginer and Movie Pioneer – created Curwood Castle to serve as his writing and conservation studio. Curwood, one of America’s foremost authors of adventure novels and an early advocate of environmental conservation, skillfully created a replica of a French Norman chateau on the banks of his beloved Shiawassee River. At least 200 motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. Built between 1922 and 1923, Curwood Castle was used by Curwood until his death in 1927.
Curwood Castle is part of The Curwood Collection, managed by the Owosso Historical Commission. The Collection includes the Comstock Pioneer Cabin and the Woodard Paymaster Building, both located at the Curwood Castle Park. Also part of the Curwood Collection is the Amos Gould House, which houses the office of the Owosso Historical Commission as well as the Ivan Conger Archive Room and the Curwood Collection Archives.
The Curwood Castle is open to the public March to mid-April, Thursday thru Sunday, 1 to 5 pm; and mid-April Tuesday thru Sunday to December, 1-5 pm.
The Comstock Pioneer Cabin and Woodard Paymaster Building are open to the public June 16 through September 29, Saturdays 10-5pm, Sundays 1-5pm, admission is free. The Amos Gould House is open to the public for tours by appointment only.
For more information call 989-725-0597 or visit www.owossohistory.org