Alder Creek, Hollis Falls, New York
Millrace
Hall
A restored stone mill, a timber barn and an old apple orchard on four acres beside the creek, for weddings, reunions and harvest dinners.
- Guests
- Up to 180 seated, 220 standing
- Season
- April 18 to December 14
- Tours
- Thursday to Sunday, by appointment
The year at the mill
We host from mid-April to mid-December. Each season changes where you marry, where you eat and what the day costs. Choose one to see it in the picture above.
The orchard flowers from late April into May. The creek is loud after the thaw, so ceremonies sit back on the lawn. Evenings are cool enough for the Mill House hearth.
- Ceremony
- Between the orchard rows
- Dinner
- Mill House or Barn
- Saturday site fee
- from $8,400
Light lasts until about 8:30. Most couples marry on the Creek Lawn and eat in the Barn with both doors open to the orchard. The wheel turns all day.
- Ceremony
- Creek Lawn, facing the mill
- Dinner
- Barn, doors open
- Saturday site fee
- from $11,800
Harvest dinners at one long table in the orchard through September. The maples across the creek turn around mid-October. We light the fires from the first cold night.
- Ceremony
- Creek Lawn or orchard
- Dinner
- Long table in the orchard
- Saturday site fee
- from $12,600
Smaller gatherings in the Mill House only, up to 80 seated, with both hearths lit and candles in the deep stone windows. The grounds are closed from mid-December to mid-April.
- Ceremony
- Mill House, by the hearth
- Dinner
- Mill House, up to 80
- Saturday site fee
- from $4,900
The grounds
Four places to use across one day, all within a two-minute walk. Point at the plan or pick a place to see what it holds.
Stone mill, two floors
Mill House
80 seated, 120 standing
The restored mill itself. The ground floor hall has two hearths, deep windows and a glass panel in the floor over the wheel pit. Upstairs are two getting-ready rooms with their own washrooms.
Used for cocktail hour, winter dinners, and the indoor ceremony plan for up to 120.
What's included
One booking gives you the whole property for the day. The site fee covers everything in the first list; the second is arranged through us and priced on its own.
With every booking
- The whole property to yourselves10 am to midnight
- Oak harvest tables and cross-back chairsfor 180
- Cedar ceremony benches on the Creek Lawnfor 220
- Two getting-ready rooms in the Mill Housefrom 10 am
- String lights, heating and the Barn sound systemall seasons
- A day-of coordinator from the Hallon site all day
- Rain plan held in the Barn or Mill Houseno extra fee
- Parking meadow with an attendant90 cars
- Set-up of our furniture and the clean-up afterby our crew
Arranged through us
- Catering from our list of six local kitchenspriced by caterer
- Licensed bar servicefrom $28 a guest
- The Miller's Cottage on site, two nightssleeps six, $780
- Shuttle to and from the Hollis Falls innsfrom $650
- Cider pressing for guests, September and October$300
You bring
Your caterer from our list, flowers, music and any décor beyond our tables and lights. Florists can set up from 10 am; everything leaves by midnight or the next morning by arrangement.
Come and see it, or ask about your date
Tours take about forty-five minutes and run Thursday to Sunday. Walk the orchard, stand on the Creek Lawn and see the Barn set for dinner.
- We reply within two days with the date's status, or tour times.
- We can hold a date for you for seven days while you decide.
- A signed agreement and a 30% deposit confirm the booking.
Rather talk? Call (518) 555-0142, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm.
Getting here
12 Millrace Road, Hollis Falls, NY. The lane is gravel and signed from the stone bridge; phones lose signal for the last half mile, so save the directions.
- By car from New York City
- About 2 hours 40 minutes, mostly on the Taconic Parkway.
- By train
- Hollis Falls station is 12 minutes away. We can book a car or the shuttle to meet guests.
- Where guests stay
- The Miller's Cottage on site sleeps six. Two inns in the village hold about forty rooms between them.
- Parking
- The meadow by the lane takes 90 cars, with an attendant on event days.
Questions couples ask
Anything else, ask on a tour or call (518) 555-0142.
We decide together at 10 am on the day. The Barn holds the full ceremony and dinner turnaround, or the Mill House holds up to 120. There is no fee for moving inside.