Careful renovation revives a 19th century German Swiss bank barn, which is the focal point for wedding receptions, business retreats, seminars and other special events. The structural simplicity and natural materials form a dramatic backdrop for wedding receptions. Large glass panels provide fantastic views of the 164-acre farm, with rolling hills, farm pond, and streams and barn doors can be opened to bring the outdoors in.  The barn includes a bridal suite, groom’s room, five restrooms, a small museum, and three stone fireplaces.

Our rural forefathers cut timber from the land, hewed the logs into beams, assembled by mortise and tenons and held together by wooden pegs.  Native stones were used to provide the beautiful stone walls for the foundation. 

The largely unbroken space of the barn’s interior creates a majestic ‘Great Room’ to accommodate large events.

We invite you to celebrate your special day in our ‘Country Cathedral’.

Front of Barn The bridal party may be introduced form the elevated barn deck with guests below on the patio during cocktail hour followed by toasting to the honored couple. The great room provides ample space for dining and dancing with the majestic 50 foot-high cathedral ceiling overhead.

Front of Barn

 Toasting Dining & Dancing
Sample dining table setup in the great room The back of barn. A bridal party enters a ceremony to the front of the log cottage. Skyloft in the barn offering venues of dancing below and perfect for throwing bouquets…
Dining Table Setup Bridal party enters a Ceremony Skyloft in the barn
     
The ‘West Mow’ resides off the great room providing a perfect traffic flow for buffet lines. A more formal setup A tent can be supplied at an additional cost if preferred
Flow for Buffet lines. Formal white setup Tent Setup

Guests are encouraged to enjoy the lush meadows, streams and pond and watch migrating geese, blue herons and bald eagles pause in their flight to wander in the nearby pond and beaver dams.

Rock House People Mover Balloon
     
Wagonette Dancing Wheat Limo

Like a treasure tucked away in North Western Frederick County, Maryland, Ostertag Vistas is a jewel in paradise.