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Tupper Manor Wedding Guide (2027)

Updated September 2026 · Photos by Benoit & McCarthy Photography

Tupper Manor is a 1901 mansion on ten oceanfront acres at Endicott College in Beverly, twenty miles north of Boston. It is one of the most photogenic houses we play. There is no bad spot on the property for a picture. We have done about 100 weddings here, are first call on the venue's referral list and play its menu tastings and its bridal show every year. Here's everything you need to know before you book.

Where can you get married at Tupper Manor?

The house runs front to back in a straight line: foyer, ballroom, conservatory. Once you know that, the whole night makes sense.

The foyer and the staircase. You walk in under the columns into a marble hall with a winding staircase going up. This is the arrival photo and the first-look spot. To the left is the billiards room, dark wood and plaid, with one of the two bars off it. A second bar area mirrors it on the other side of the hall.

The ballroom. Dead center of the house. Cream walls, a fireplace on either side, a chandelier over a wood floor and a row of French doors along one wall. Cocktail hour happens here, with guests drifting between the ballroom and the foyer. The dancing comes back to this room later. The dance floor is the middle of this room. There is no second option and no reason to want one.

The conservatory. Through the French doors is the dinner room: six pillars along the back and a semicircle of floor-to-ceiling windows looking out at the water. It seats 150 and the Garden Room next door takes another 40 when the guest list runs long. Toasts happen here, with the sweetheart table against the glass.

The lawn and the fountain. Out front. It is the reason most couples pick the house. The ceremony sits on the grass with the fountain behind the couple and the mansion behind the guests. The fountain is enormous in person and the drone shots exist because of it.

Bring a second sound system for the ceremony

Most couples book live music for the ceremony here, a string trio or a quartet. That is the right call on this lawn. It does not cover the words. The DJ sets up a separate outdoor system with wireless microphones so the officiant, the readings and any vows you wrote yourselves carry to the back row. Whoever plays the music, somebody has to bring the mics. We do.

Run a third speaker in the conservatory

Because the three rooms sit in a line, the DJ plays from the ballroom all night. During cocktails that covers the foyer too. When dinner is called, the venue opens the French doors and everyone moves into the conservatory. This is the moment that separates a good night from an awkward one. We angle one ballroom speaker through the doors and run a third speaker inside the conservatory itself, so the toasts and the announcements land at conversation level instead of echoing in from the next room. Ask any DJ you interview what they do for dinner here. If the answer is nothing, keep interviewing.

Load-in is the easy part. Everything comes straight through the front door and there is nothing you or your planner need to schedule.

Budget for eighteen uplights, twenty-four if you can

The ballroom is in the middle of the house, so it gets very little daylight even at four in the afternoon. Uplighting here is not a night-time effect. It is what makes the room read as the room in the photos and it does its work from cocktail hour on. Keep the colors neutral until the dancing starts. This is an upscale historic house and it wants to look like one.

When the dance set opens, the same fixtures start changing color and the room turns into a party. Two rooms, one lighting plan, two moods.

What a Tupper Manor wedding costs

Tupper Manor quotes on request, so treat this as a planning range and confirm it with the sales office. What the wedding marketplaces list:

• Site fee: $2,000 to $7,000 by season.
• Ceremony on the lawn: $500 to $950.
• Bar service: about $45 a head.
• Season: November through April costs less than April through October, on the same rooms.

For the 100 to 150 guests most couples bring, budget $30,000 to $50,000 for the room, the food and the bar, with entertainment, flowers, photography and attire on top.

Winter at Tupper Manor

The house works in December. Wreaths go up on the columns, the ceremony moves inside under the ballroom chandelier and the fireplaces do the job the fountain does in July. With fewer rooms in play the night runs tighter, which suits a smaller guest list.