Long Island has no shortage of ballrooms, but The Lannin is something else — a manor house in the middle of Eisenhower Park with hand-painted wallpaper, a black iron staircase built for florals, and lawns that turn gold in late October. Emma and Jason married here on a fall Sunday with close to 400 guests, a clear-tent ceremony wrapped in jewel tones, and a dance floor that ran until the last chandelier dimmed.

Getting Ready in the Manor

Emma's suite at The Lannin looks like it was designed for exactly this: soft light, magnolia-and-songbird wallpaper, and a rose-patterned ball gown with structured sleeves hanging against it. Jason's side was all dark wood and a tailored peak-lapel tuxedo. By noon they were dressed, and the park was waiting.

The bridal gown hangs against hand-painted floral wallpaper in the bridal suite at The Lannin, white heels waiting on a marble side table.
The bride smiles as she takes her gown down from its hook in the floral-wallpapered bridal suite.
The groom's black peak-lapel tuxedo jacket hangs on a brass hook against wood paneling.

A First Look in Eisenhower Park

They chose a first look under the trees — late-October foliage at full gold, eleven groomsmen loose and laughing on the lawn, and a quiet moment for the two of them at the fountain before the family arrived for portraits. Fall light like this is the whole argument for an autumn wedding.

Black and white portrait of the groom in his tuxedo against The Lannin's patterned wallpaper and marble floor.
The bride and groom stand together under golden fall foliage in Eisenhower Park.
The groom walks and laughs with his groomsmen in black tuxedos under the fall trees.
Black and white portrait of the couple embracing in front of the Eisenhower Park fountain, the bride's train sweeping across the grass.

Jewel Tones Under a Clear Tent

The ceremony sat in a clear-top tent on the lawn: a chuppah built from wild greenery and jewel-tone blooms, a white floor, and a burgundy shawl draped over every chair for the evening chill — the kind of detail guests remember. They married under the open sky-through-glass as the sun went down, rings exchanged over a Hebrew program tucked into the frame.

The clear-tent ceremony at The Lannin: a greenery chuppah with jewel-tone florals, a white aisle, and burgundy shawls draped on every chair.
Close-up of the ring exchange under the chuppah, the bride's veil and the Hebrew ceremony program in frame.

The Reception

Inside, The Lannin's staircase was wrapped end-to-end in red, pink, and gold garlands — the florals following the iron rail all the way down to the checkerboard marble. Then the hora took over: hundreds of guests, jewel-tone dresses spinning, and a night that ended with a quiet dip kiss under the greenery after everyone else had gone.

The Lannin's black iron staircase wrapped in garlands of red, pink, and yellow flowers.
The bride laughs mid-hora on the dance floor, surrounded by guests in jewel-tone dresses.
Black and white photo of the groom dipping the bride beneath greenery at night, her rose-patterned gown sweeping the floor.

The Vendor Team

Planning a Wedding at The Lannin?

The Lannin pairs a manor-house setting with the scale of a modern Long Island wedding — and its gardens, staircase, and tented lawn give a photographer an unfair advantage. Start with our Lannin venue guide, see the full Emma & Jason gallery, or inquire about your date.