Frost Moon Mountain

Manchester, VT

This 2,300 sf historic barn (and 600 sf shed) located in picturesque Manchester, Vermont, is home to a 100-person event space that will host 22 seasonal events per year. This barn, like so many others, was in disrepair due to a harsh climate and decades of modifications to its timber frame structure. The current owners wanted to preserve it as much as possible but stabilize it for the next hundred years while providing a safe, accessible, memorable, and warm experience for their guests.

Frost Moon Mountain

For historic preservation, the decision was made to keep the barn uninsulated and unconditioned, allowing its rustic charm to be expressed. New additions to the barn are two gender-neutral accessible restrooms, a bar, a catering warming kitchen, an outdoor patio, and extensive accessibility and landscaping upgrades. We also reconstructed a dilapidated portion of the barn where farm equipment was once stored to house a vintage car collection that guests can rent. This project required a lot of consultants to get through permitting, including Act 250 (an intensive process that documents historical preservation measures, environmental impacts, and impacts on neighbors). Frost Moon was completed in 2024 and is now hosting weddings and other events at this historic, bucolic site.