Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Historic Summit Inn Resort, Farmington

Wedding photos at the Historic Summit Inn Resort start on the veranda. The old hotel sits on top of a mountain above Farmington in Fayette County, and its long porch looks out over a five-county view, so your photographer and videographer have miles of ridges and sky behind you, warm and golden on an autumn evening. Inside, the grand staircase is the classic place for a picture of the gown and the train, or a wide look at the whole wedding party.

Here you can plan your wedding reception, your portraits and a whole weekend with your guests. Event spaces run from ballrooms to smaller dining rooms, for anything from an intimate afternoon gathering of a dozen to a celebration with a couple hundred guests. The resort has 94 guest rooms, two pools with a hot tub, a nine-hole golf course and an on-site bar, and wedding groups staying two or more nights get reduced room rates.

Every package starts with a cocktail and hors d'oeuvre hour, bar service and your choice of entrées, and the chef can build a custom menu. A wedding coordinator helps plan your wedding day, recommends vendors, sorts out room assignments and can plan the rehearsal dinner and farewell breakfast. For your wedding video, the staircase and veranda give you two natural places for a slow entrance or a quiet moment away from the crowd.

• The inn is open from late April through October, so plan your date inside the season.
• Email the events team to set up an appointment and a walk-through.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines on the veranda and in the ballrooms.

A little about the Historic Summit Inn Resort

Opened in 1907 as a grand porch hotel near the old National Road, the Summit Inn is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Over the years it welcomed famous travelers, including a well-known group of early-1900s inventors and industrialists.