![]() "History will probably show that the peacefulness of this abode will be a healing for many souls," wrote a guest in the bed and breakfast's guest journal. Visitors to the property often share their impressions about the house up on the hill, which is visible from North Broadway Avenue. "I think it will always be evolving as far as landscaping projects, decorating the inside just so it grows with us and our personalities."īetween the seasons from winter to fall, the property becomes less hidden - just the way the owners like. "Just walking up to the front door just like kind of feel a sense of peace and calm just knowing that the view is right there," Kelsey Ryan described. The closest wedding venue style is the Plummer House, which is an 11-acre facility with space for up to 100 people for weddings, receptions, meetings, classes and parties. The team is also hoping to fill a need of more wedding venues in Rochester. To keep with the outdoor theme, they hope to add an air chapel instead of the tent in the coming years. With the popular trend of weddings inside converted barns, the Hilltop House offers a different style while still having those natural and woodsy elements, the owners said. ![]() Kyleen Johnson said the group is "very collaborative" and Jon Ryan said it's a "fun team effort." The team said they're thankful for people who booked weddings in the snow when all they could recommend was wearing boots and a warm coat while sharing their vision for the property. The 2024 season will run from end of April to end of October depending on the weather. Hilltop House is accepting bookings for 20 on its website at The venue is booked from August to October 2023- save for one weekend. With the former limestone-formed bowl blocking noise, Kyleen Johnson said there are options for small, more intimate ceremonies on patio and grass spaces on the property. That provided Platteville limestone to the State Hospital buildings. The park has stone structures following the The backyard walls of limestone are similar to Quarry Hill Nature Center's rock wall. The seven-bedroom home, which has spaces for bridal and groom suites, also sits on the property of an old limestone mill. "You can really open (the tent) up if you want to and by keeping the natural limestone walls visible, it really gives you a great outdoor feel for obviously the wedding if you're doing the ceremony outside but then it also the reception with having the tent with all the windows in it or you can open up all those side panels," Craig Johnson said. The owners also hope people will enjoy the property without having to move locations throughout their wedding day. With space for 200 people in the tent, Jon Ryan said having the tent available is a way to help couples reduce their wedding costs. The team ventured on with their entrepreneurial spirits in opening the business as well as adding a parking lot and reception tent structure in 2023. They're in the midst of many projects, including a caterer building, after the 18-month process of having the city sign off on the property. "The private oasis in the heart of Rochester, but when you're up here you don't feel there's the busyness and bustle of Rochester, you just feel like you're in your own little world up here," Schwartz said.įrom a private home to a guest house and bed and breakfast, the previous owners "designed up every room" with minor interior updates for the new team to work on, including painting and flooring in the basement. The "little gem" easily described as the "house on the hill" is a "hidden nature spot in the middle of town," as Kelsey Ryan described. ![]() Hilltop House sits above Third Avenue Northwest next to Indian Heights Park with a view of downtown Rochester.
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