Drumore Mill hosts corporate retreats, business meetings, wellness retreats, family reunions and weddings, with indoor seating for up to 100 and wedding packages for up to about 120 guests. The estate is a restored grist mill and sawmill of 1752 on 30 acres beside Fishing Creek in Drumore, in the Amish country of southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and it sleeps groups in 17 bedrooms across four historic buildings.
Seminars and company events
Space is leased room by room. For a retreat or a day meeting, the High Sunroom takes 12, the Sky Parlor and the Game Room take 25 each around long conference tables, and the Grist Mill Great Room seats 20 at a long table by the fireplace. The Barn takes up to 100, with a bar, a stage and an outside deck. Every room has Wi-Fi and most have smart TVs; the Barn and the Game Room add wireless microphones and a PA system. Whiteboards and flip charts are available on request, and an on-site facilitator handles the details on the day. Breakout sessions can move outdoors to the creek bank, the woodland, the meadows and the trails, and an athletic field, a basketball court and the trails serve for team activities.
Weddings and receptions
The full wedding package runs from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. for up to about 120 guests. The ceremony takes place on the Pavilion or at the outdoor Woodland Chapel, cocktails at the Waterfall Lounge, the Barn deck or the Pavilion, and the reception in the Barn or the Pavilion. Other ceremony sites include the White Chapel, the creek bank and the Grist Mill Great Room. A micro-wedding takes up to 50 people for four hours, and an elopement up to 20 people for three hours, Monday to Thursday. Two prep rooms, the Sky Parlor Suite and the Game Room, each have a private bathroom. Winter weddings move indoors, with heat lamps for moments outside, and rehearsal dinners are held by the creek.
Rooms and capacities
The Barn is climate-controlled and takes 100 at tables set to the event. The Pavilion, outdoors next to the waterfall and the cliffs, takes 50 to 100 and has a band stage and an outside bar. The Cave, an outdoor spot facing the waterfall, takes 20 from spring to fall. The Sky Parlor has a bar and a balcony, and the Game Room a sunroom and an upper deck.
Accommodation
The Grist Mill has seven bedrooms for 14 people, a chef's kitchen and an elevator. The Stone Farmhouse, the Wooden Farmhouse and Cooper House have three bedrooms each, with full kitchens. A studio cottage, an off-site historic house for 10 and an off-site cabin add beds. Groups can lease one house or the whole compound, with a two-night minimum.
Catering
There is no in-house caterer. Groups bring their own caterer or use one of the preferred vendors, who work from a fully equipped catering kitchen and the bars on site. Bringing your own alcohol is allowed.
History and setting
The mill was built in 1752 as a grist mill and sawmill and was restored over six years. Fishing Creek holds native trout, and the grounds include a waterfall, cliffs, wetlands, a meadow, a butterfly garden and a koi pond.
Getting there
The address is 1658 Harmony Ridge Road, Drumore. Lancaster is about 30 minutes away by car, Baltimore about 60 minutes and Philadelphia about 75 minutes.
