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Aldrich Mansion · Warwick, Rhode Island · August 7, 2026
A black-tie celebration for 220 on a chateau estate above Narragansett Bay, a first look on the grand staircase, vows in the historic chapel, and a first dance at golden hour with every guest gathered on the terrace steps.
On Friday, August 7, 2026, Colleen and Max were married at Aldrich Mansion, the French chateau-style estate on Warwick Neck with roughly seventy acres running down to Narragansett Bay. The morning started with matching monogrammed pajamas, champagne in the clawfoot tub, and getting ready in the mansion's blush-pink bridal suite before a first look on the grand staircase, Max waiting on the marble landing as Colleen came down the steps behind him. Portraits with their 26-person wedding party in black followed across the church steps, the front drive, and the terrace courtyard.
The ceremony was a full Catholic mass in the historic stone chapel on the estate, officiated by Father Bernard, with a unity candle and the cathedral veil trailing from the kneeler. Then, at the end of a bayside cocktail hour, all 220 guests gathered on the back terrace steps for one photograph, and stayed right there as the couple shared their first dance to Van Morrison at golden hour, captured from the air by drone. Toasts rolled out over the terrace, sunset slipped away over the bay, and the night carried on through the mansion's library dessert room, a Wright's Farm Bakery cake cutting among the books, and a packed dance floor under the frescoed arches of the marble great hall until eleven.
Michael Silvano, a Rhode Island and New England wedding photographer, photographed Colleen and Max's wedding at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, Rhode Island, including aerial drone coverage of the all-guest first dance on the terrace.
They were married on Friday, August 7, 2026 at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, Rhode Island. The Catholic ceremony was held in the historic chapel on the estate, officiated by Father Bernard, and the black-tie reception for roughly 220 guests followed through the mansion's terrace, library, and marble great hall.
Aldrich Mansion is a French chateau-style estate built for Senator Nelson Aldrich on roughly 70 waterfront acres in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island. It hosts weddings with ceremony space in its historic chapel, a terrace and lawn overlooking Narragansett Bay, and reception rooms that include a marble great hall, carved wood dining rooms, and a two-story library.
Yes, Michael Silvano photographs weddings at Aldrich Mansion and across Warwick, Newport, Providence, and all of Rhode Island and New England, and is available to travel. Inquire at michaelsilvano.com.
