Mary Gay House

What can I say about the Mary Gay House.. It was the perfect location for small intimate wedding. With the current situation with Covid the Mary Gay House was very accommodating with the restrictions and worked with us the best way they could to keep all of our guest safe and comfortable. The grounds are beautifully kept all around. The interior rustic feel truly made us feel as if we were not in the city. If you are looking for a small intimate and friendly locations we would definitely recommend them for any type of event.

I got married at the Mary Gay House earlier this month and had an absolutely wonderful experience! It was a beautiful event (despite the rain) and the staff was so accommodating and kind throughout the planning process. It was a great value and the perfect venue for a charming, southern wedding!

We had about 100 guests and added an outdoor tent for shade and protection from possible rain on the back patio. With a few tables outside and the center doors open, everyone was seated comfortably for dinner and the party felt cohesive. The tent added an extra "room" where the dancing took place and our DJ set up outside. The staff was accommodating to our vendors and pleasant to interact with during the planning phase. We had a wonderful wedding reception.

We chose Mary Gay for our reception because it was across the street from the church where our wedding ceremony was located. It has great historic charm which we loved. It felt intimate because it is a house. It was not as expensive and that was important to us. Overall it was a great location. A few things-make sure your number of guests is appropriate for the venue because it is not large. We ended up with 99 total people and it was a little tight. We used most of the tables the venue provided for a sit down meal, which took up room. We rented a tent with heaters for the patio so we could have more tables out there, which was great because it ended up raining for our January wedding! The tent was a lot more than renting the venue-I had no idea how expensive it would be, so just keep that in mind for the budget. Also, the dance floor was not very large, so keep that in mind if you plan to dance. We went off the recommended caterer list and used Step By Step, which was great and less expensive than the others on their pre-approved list! The only issue is that the caterer did not clean up afterwards so we had to take care of that. Just make sure you have all of that planned out if you go off the list. The coordinator for the venue changed on us 3 times in 6 months. That was tough, as we could not get in touch with one of them for a while right before the wedding and I panicked slightly that things might not work out. Thankfully things did work out! Our last one, Jackie, was great-very helpful, professional, and did several extra nice things for us which she did not have to do. One of the venue's tables collapsed at the reception. it was embarrassing, but my friends/husband fixed it. We did receive a discount from them as a result, which I appreciated. They followed through on a promise they made.