Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Peoples Natural Gas Park, Johnstown

A wedding at Peoples Natural Gas Park in Johnstown gives your photographer and videographer room to roam: a fenced, landscaped lawn of three and a half acres where the Conemaugh and Stonycreek rivers meet, with the historic Stone Bridge right beside it. For an extra fee, Heritage Johnstown will set the bridge's LED lights to the colors you pick for the evening, a bright backdrop for wedding photos and film after dark on your wedding day.

Two spaces sit side by side. The Community Foundation Oilhouse is a renovated two-level industrial building whose garage doors roll up onto a concrete apron and the lawn, so guests can drift in and out all evening. It holds up to 500 people, has a small kitchen area and a wheelchair lift, and acoustic panels added to improve the sound for live music and speeches, which your wedding videographer will appreciate during the toasts. Next door, the Polacek Pavilion has the Peoples Natural Gas Stage and a small green room, with seating for up to 600, tables for dinner, or open floor for dancing. Weddings are among the private events held here; ask whether your wedding ceremony can be on the lawn or in the pavilion, and plan your wedding reception around the space you choose.

Heritage Johnstown runs the bar, with a full bar or wine and beer only. The park's small lot has several accessible spaces, and larger lots are across the street from the train station, with street parking on Iron Street and Walnut Street. You reach the park over the Walnut Street or Johns Street bridge.

• Check your date early, since the park hosts summer festivals and concerts.
• Walk the lawn and the bridge at sunset with your photographer.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and the bridge lighting when you book.

A little about Peoples Natural Gas Park

This land sits near the Stone Bridge, an important spot in the 1889 flood, and later held a stable for animals used in the mills and mines. The Oilhouse was built by Bethlehem Steel to store oil and lubricants, and the park opened in 2012 as the home of the city's summer music festival.