Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum (Mount Hope), Meadville

A wedding at the Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum, known as Mount Hope, takes place on a hilltop above the old Erie Feeder Canal in Meadville. The house is a Greek Revival mansion with a Victorian interior, and the grounds around it work like a small public park, with gardens, walking areas and an arboretum. For wedding photos and video, that gives you a grand old house and green, leafy grounds in one place.

The Crawford County Historical Society, which owns the house, presents weddings and events at Mount Hope, and a wedding ceremony has been held here. The front lawn is where the museum's summer croquet and garden party takes place, and the gardens and arboretum offer quieter corners for portraits of the two of you. Inside, rooms are furnished with the families' own furniture and art, which can make a lovely setting for a few wedding pictures if the museum allows it.

Details such as guest counts, which rooms or garden spaces you can use for a ceremony or reception, catering and a rain plan aren't published, so plan to ask the historical society directly. If your wedding day falls in December, ask about the season too: the house is decorated for the holidays, with themed trees from the Meadville Garden Club in the years the Trees of Christmas event runs. A videographer will want to know where power and quiet space are available for recording vows outdoors.

• Contact the Crawford County Historical Society to ask about dates, spaces and guest counts.
• Walk the gardens and arboretum with your photographer before the day.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines inside the museum.

A little about the Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum

Construction of the mansion finished in 1843 for Supreme Court Justice Henry Baldwin. The Reynolds family later remodeled it in Victorian style and added a third floor, and the historical society bought it in 1963.