Wedding Photographers & Videographers at The Mercersburg Inn, Mercersburg

A wedding at The Mercersburg Inn feels like borrowing a private mansion for the day. The brick house with its white columns sits above six acres of manicured grounds on South Main Street in Mercersburg, and your photographer and videographer have a lot to work with before anyone sits down to eat: the grand front entrance, the West Porch looking over the gardens, and the seasonal flower beds around the lawn. From the front yard you can look across the road to the grounds of Mercersburg Academy.

Inside, the Grand Lobby has a double-curving wrought-iron staircase, decorative tile, oak floors and mahogany and chestnut paneling, all original to the house. That staircase is the spot for a bride's entrance on video and for wedding photos of the whole family. The Great Room adds a fireplace and plenty of windows, and the Tile Room has its own fireplace and a full bar looking out over the grounds.

Your wedding ceremony and wedding reception can both happen here. The inn seats up to 90 guests indoors, and in warm weather up to 150 can have dinner in a wedding tent on the lawn with the mansion behind them, then come back inside for cocktails and dancing. Catering comes from the inn's own kitchen, which runs Byron's Dining Room, and event coordination is available. Book the house for the weekend and you get the whole property to yourselves, with guest rooms upstairs for the wedding party. Smaller couples can ask about the elopement package.

• Call the inn to schedule a private tour and get a quote for your date and guest count.
• Walk the lobby, porch and lawn with your photographer before your wedding day.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and the plan if rain moves things indoors.

A little about The Mercersburg Inn

The house was built in 1909 as a private estate called Prospect, a Georgian mansion of about 20,000 square feet on terraced lawns. The family lived here until 1953, when it was sold and became the Mercersburg Inn.