The Alerin Barn

Elite '08

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Kelly G.

Somerville, MA

Driving to the Alerin Barn makes one a little skittish about its usefulness as a wedding venue.  You climb and climb a mountain road where deerskins hang in the trees and cars sit on blocks in yards.

But when you enter the world of Alerin Barn and the Keeper on Horned Pout Pond, you leave all of that behind.  

The property is a world unto itself-- a fully refinished farm house, a gorgeously restored barn, a pond-- and, in a meadow up on the hill (a short cart ride away, but walkable), an outdoor chapel for wedding ceremonies.  

The farmhouse has ample room for both halves of the couple to dress in, and a few rooms for guests to stay.  

The chapel has rough-hewn wooden benches and an arbor under some trees.  When I photographed a wedding there the staff had brought lemonade service up for the guests.  The property owners have also made an adorable cart that pulls behind a tractor to carry your guests up to the meadow where the chapel is.

The barn itself is well redone with room for tables on both floors and a walk-out patio on the second floor.  The DJ booth is on the second floor and overlooks the dance floor.  There are patio tables by the pond and a floating dock that you can walk out onto.

The staff is wonderful (both the in house and hired in staff) and the owners are personable and very, very capable.

The wedding I photographed there also featured a fireworks display over the pond, it was spectacular.

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