Wedding Photographers & Videographers at The Peter Allen Inn & Event Center, Kinsman

A wedding at The Peter Allen Inn & Event Center can happen entirely on one historic property in Kinsman, and the lawn, the gardens and the old Federal-style house give your photographer and videographer plenty of settings for wedding photos without leaving. You can hold your wedding ceremony outdoors at the Garden House on the Great Lawn or indoors in Heritage Hall, hold your reception in Heritage Hall or under the Grand Canopy, and put guests up overnight at the inn.

Outdoors, the Garden House ceremony site seats up to 120 on padded garden chairs. Heritage Hall seats about 80 for a ceremony and is the inn's favorite room for intimate weddings of up to about 70. Bigger parties move to the Grand Canopy, open May through October for up to 250 guests, with a custom circular bar under a chandelier and a brick floor, so nobody crosses wet grass. If the weather turns, side curtains with picture windows come down, and the countryside stays in view through them.

The kitchen caters everything except your cake and cookies, with buffet or plated dinners and vegetarian and vegan menus available. Up to 28 guests can sleep at the inn across the main house and the Stone Cottage, which makes the morning after easy. Events run up to six hours and end by 11 p.m., so plan your wedding day timeline, and the light for your first dance on video, with that in mind. Small wedding and elopement packages suit couples who want something quieter.

• Book a tour and request the current bridal package.
• Walk the route from the lawn to the canopy with your photographer.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and about holding rooms for guests.

A little about The Peter Allen Inn

Built in 1821 for the village's first doctor, the Federal-style house was carefully taken apart and rebuilt before reopening as an inn. The Stone Cottage on the grounds is a reconstructed stone house.