Hey guys, I thought you guys maybe able to help me out with my question.  I recently got engaged and my fiance and I want to have our reception at a unique to Cincinnati location.  Do any of you know of any historic houses/buildings that can be rented for a night or a weekend??  I have already checked out the Cincinnati park system so if anybody knows any other places it would be appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

congrats! 

 

from what I've seen, one of the coolest places would be the Verdin Bell building, which is the old St. Paul's church on Reading.

 

http://www.belleventcentre.com/asp/index.asp

 

Did you rule out anything with the park system?  My fiancee and I are having ours at Ault Park next September.

There is the Peterloon Estate in Indian Hill. I hae no idea what the requirements to rent that place are.

 

French park is nice for Weddings (I think that is part of the park system)

 

Devou Park in KY is good too.

 

The Bankers Club downtown rents to non-members as well. There is nothign going on there on weekend nights so I think they may give discounts.

My wife and I were married at Alms Park, and that was just phenomenal.  But we got lucky - our rain plan was for there to be no rain...you can rent a covering, but at Alms Park that cost $1000...if you cancelled six days in advance you got your money back, but every day cost you $200...

 

Because of that, we planned our wedding for September, which was, far as I could tell, the driest month in the Miami Valley for a number of years.  But then Hurricane Isidore came through...it rained straight from Wednesday through Friday.  But it stopped, dried out, and we ended up with flawless weather...

 

 

While I've not been there, a friend was married in the Verdin Bell Clock Museum:

http://www.belleventcentre.com

 

My friends here watching the game are giving suggestions...one suggested a riverboat - that sounds incredibly cool!

 

They went to a wedding reception at Paul Brown Stadium - I'm sure that was expensive, and if you weren't a big fan, that could be really kitshy...GABP could be a similar thing...

 

I think the conservatory in Eden Park would be part of the Historic Properties portfolio, but I don't believe the Art Museum is, is it?

 

The observation deck of Carew Tower - if it were a more informal thing, that could be astonishingly cool...well, for the ceremony, but not for a reception.

 

One of them said he's seen weddings on the Purple People Bridge...

 

Here's a link to a photographer listing sites where he's done weddings - should be a bunch of great ideas in here:

http://crystaluxdv.com/cincinnatiweddinglocations.htm

 

Here's a few that sound interesting:

  Cincinnati Museum Center (Union Terminal), Cincinnati, OH

  Hilton Netherlands Hotel (The Hall of Mirrors), Cincinnati, OH

  Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio

  Omni Netherlands Hotel (The Hall of Mirrors), Cincinnati, OH

  The Twentieth Century Theater, Oakley (Cincinnati) Ohio

  Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

 

...and for a ceremony, Fountain Square could work, with a reception in one of the hotels around there...

 

 

The suggestions keep rolling in...Issue430 just suggested Adonis, the new gay club out on Kellogg by the marina...it's got a swimming pool and pool tables and everything!

http://www.adonisthenightclub.com

 

Thanks for all the suggestions so far.........you can rent out the CarewTower observaton deck??  How do you think Fountain Square would work with it being so open to the public??

I'd imagine you couldn't actually rent out either space, but I'm sure you could use it, especially if it were just going to be a 15-20 minute ceremony...not sure who to contact, but I'd be surprised if you couldn't...

 

 

I have been to one wedding and two receptions at Memorial Hall. Nice and I think it is relatively affordable.

 

My brother had a quicky exchange of vows on fountain square.  They just showed up with a few freinds and a minister and did it with no reservations.  I thinjk that is ok if it is just a few people.