All: Courtesy of Publick House
What’s old is new again as wedding venues trend toward the traditional and historical
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very engaged couple looks forward to having their wedding be a history-making event, at least in their own lives. Opting to have your wedding, rehearsal dinner or reception, or all three, at a historical venue imbues the occasion with even more significance. Southern New England abounds in tradition – quaint, Colonial and classic – and these five wedding sites serve it up on a silver platter.
CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT: The Publick House sitting pretty in summer. Reciting wintertime vows in the historic Barn. The Publick House in an earlier era.
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In a peaceful corner of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, the Publick House, with its rustic atmosphere, colonial charm and hospitality, has been the site of dream weddings since 1771. “Couples that are looking for a historic site or an old barn that has maintained its vintage charm from years past will come [here] from far and wide,” says Sales Assistant Lisa LaCoste. “They love the ambiance and simplicity of our historic Barn with its original horse stables that lead into the vaulted post-and-beam ceiling of Paige Hall with mammoth iron chandeliers, more> rustic wide-plank floors and Palladian windows.”
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