Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Stone Quarry Banquet Center, Hillsville

A wedding reception at Stone Quarry Banquet Center in Hillsville is easy to reach from both Pennsylvania and the Youngstown side of the state line. The hall is on Route 224 in Lawrence County, a few miles from the Ohio border, and holds about 150 guests. For wedding photos and video, it's a room you make your own: centerpieces on the tables and your own decor on the mantel give your photographer and videographer details to capture.

On the event day you have the hall from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., and if the day before is open you can book it at a reduced rate to decorate. Tablecloths can be rented from the hall in several colors, and decorations must go up with removable strips. The hall's in-house culinary team now provides all food, and specialty items like desserts are allowed only with written approval. If alcohol is served, you must hire security through the hall.

Its website lists receptions and showers but doesn't mention ceremonies, so ask if you'd like your wedding ceremony here as well. Cleanup must be finished by 11 p.m. to get your deposit back, so plan who will help at the end of your wedding day, and give your videographer a timeline that leaves room for the last dance before cleanup starts.

• Call the hall for its guidelines and current price list.
• Ask about day-before access for decorating.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines.

A little about Stone Quarry Banquet Center

The hall was formerly the Mahoning Township Banquet Center. Today it also runs a catering business and hosts a holiday market, along with weddings, showers and birthdays.