William Aiken House

Our daughter’s recent wedding at the William Aiken House exceeded all of our expectations. The home and grounds were beautiful, the food was delicious, and we could not be happier with the venue for the wedding and reception. The “team” at the William Aiken House is amazing; easy to work with, talented, creative, enthusiastic, and flexible. The location on King Street is perfect; our numerous out of town guests all stayed in hotels within an easy walk. The rehearsal dinner was held at Fish Restaurant; the food was outstanding and the servers were attentive and did a great job. The Saturday evening ceremony took place in front of the Carriage House on the property, and that area easily held our 95 guests. The two suites in the Carriage House were rented by our family and the groom's family, and both suites were beautiful and roomy. It was great being able to stay right on the grounds. (They are roomier than they appear the website, and they look great on the website.) When our daughter and son-in-law said that they loved their wedding, and it far exceeded their expectations….well, what more could a parent ask for? We highly recommend the William Aiken House.

The William Aiken House was truly the perfect place for my wedding reception. The food was amazing, the service was excellent, the price was right..but most of all it is such a memorable venue. The character of the mansion does not compare and the atmosphere is magical. All of my guests raved about how beautiful and memorable the mansion was. All of the rooms, trees, terrace, etc. made for some gorgeous pictures too. I could not have pictured my wedding anywhere else.

Amazing!! I can say enough great things about this place...it was just a beautiful setting and worked perfectly for a ceremony on site. Sarah and Mary were so easy and wonderful to work with during the planning process. I would recommend The WA House to everyone!

The William Aiken House happened to be one of the first venues I looked at, along with Lowndes Grove. Ultimately, after visiting several other sites, I knew that was the place for us. It was small enough to feel cozy and intimate, but big enough to not feel cramped. We had the ceremony by the Carriage House, and the reception in the upstairs ballroom, with cocktails, desserts, and some lawn games downstairs. It was a very unique venue, unlike any our guests has ever been to, and it brought some of Charleston's very rich history into our wedding.
We chose to have a Sunday wedding, mostly to avoid the minimum food and beverage costs required on Saturdays at that time of year. If you are having a smaller wedding (ours was barely under 50 people), it will be hard to meet the food/bev minimums. However, the fact that a larger wedding had taken place there just the night before ours was completely undetectable.
The staff at Patrick Properties was so easy to work with, I felt I barely had to do anything. Courteous, professional, and overall kind people.

We had a wonderful experience at the William Aiken House. It is a beautiful location and one of the few worthy historic mansions in Charleson in which you can use the entire indoor/outdoor areas! We hired a great wedding planner who handled everything! Do not expect the WAH to plan/organize any part of your wedding.

The house and grounds are so beautiful, you don't need to do much to it to have a stunning wedding. Perfect for the ceremony and reception. Every one there was great to work with and their caterer, Fish, did a wonderful job with the food and the cake. Highly recommend this venue.

The venue is simply a stunning place for an intimate indoor/outdoor wedding. The only drawbacks were some patchy grass on the lawn and a humming of machinery that apparently could not be turned off during our ceremony near the carriage house. The carriage house rooms were a great place to have our guests with small children have some respite, hang out with our late-night wedding guests, sleep after our long day and wake up to our special place the next morning. The food and cake were through Fish restaurant and everything was delicious and beautiful. The staff at Patrick Properties were very thoughtful in leaving us extra wedding food in our room for late night snacking. We would do it all over again in a heartbeat and look forward to returning there to celebrate our wedding anniversary in the future!

made my wedding the prettiest

An unbelievably beautiful location. We used both the inside and outside for our +/- 200 person wedding.

I did not get married here, a friend of mine did. The people running the show were stuck up, rude and down right mean. Not only did they charge an outrageous, you get 4 hrs and they don't even treat you with respect. My friend was in tears following her wedding, feeling like she wasted money and time dealing with these people. I would not recommend this vendor.

The William Aiken House is a fabulous location and is classic Charleston in style. The interior is to die for - beautiful colors and exquisite antiques. A perfect location right in the heart of downtown!