Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Greenwood Furnace State Park, Huntingdon

A wedding at Greenwood Furnace State Park comes with a historic church of its own. The park office says the church can be rented, and it is one of the few original buildings left from the ironmaking village that once stood here, on the western edge of the Seven Mountains near Huntingdon. Your wedding photos and video can move from that small church out into a historic district with an old furnace stack, a blacksmith shop and a six-acre lake.

Hold your wedding ceremony in the church, then take the wedding party outside for pictures. The self-guided walking tour passes parts of the old town, a tramway, historic roads and charcoal hearths, so ask the park office which areas you may use and where guests can park. A small church is a good room for a wedding videographer, since voices carry well, but ask how much space there is for a camera at the back or the side.

Every Pennsylvania state park wedding needs the park office's approval ahead of time, with a small paperwork fee and a separate fee for renting the church. Let the office know about your photographer, videographer and any caterer. Guests can't throw rice or birdseed or release doves or butterflies, and bubbles need written permission. The park also has a campground, hiking trails and a beach on the lake, which can be handy for guests who want to stay nearby.

• Call the park office to check your date and reserve the church.
• Walk the historic district before your wedding day with your photographer.
• Ask the park about photo and video guidelines, seating in the church and parking.

A little about Greenwood Furnace State Park

Greenwood Furnace was an ironmaking community from 1834 to 1904, with a church, a school and two furnaces at its peak. Furnace Stack #2 was restored in 1936, and the National Park Service established the Greenwood Furnace Historic District in 1989.