Thomas Duncan Hall

This was the site for our wedding reception, and they did a wonderful job! The ballroom was absolutely beautiful and they were very professional!

This was the perfect place for our wedding. I wish I could show pictures! We had our entire day there, from getting ready in the two upper parlors, to the ceremony in the ballroom in front of their giant windows, to the cocktail hour in a side parlor, to the reception dinner in the ballroom. They included just about everything, including china and glassware. It was fairly reasonably priced. And it was so beautiful. The venue is very unique, in that it was somewhat like having your wedding at a very rich person’s house. The ballroom has incredible character. Our guests were impressed.

Duncan Hall was the perfect venue for our reception. We had a party of about 100 guests, which was a great size for this moderate-sized ballroom. 150 probably would have fit comfortably, as well. The character of the building, with its parlor rooms, added a lot to the wedding atmosphere. There was space for us to have a cocktail hour in a side room while we turned the ballroom from our ceremony setup to our dinner setup. Our bridal party had dinner on the stage and the rest of our guests were on the ballroom floor, with a space in between for dancing.

I do recommend renting their plate service, which in the end saved time and effort, even though their china wouldn’t have been my first pick. Once the food is on the plates, you don’t even notice! I also recommend renting your own slipcovers and long tablecloths. The long tablecloths make the setup look much more formal and luxurious than what is provided by Duncan Hall.

Perhaps because the ballroom is not too big, we were successfully able to arrange our own music, using a rented speaker system and our laptop.

A lovely place for a traditional but still intimate wedding reception.

We held our ceremony on the stage of Duncan Hall and used several of their rooms for changing and preparation. Ms. Emsweller was extremely easy to work with and the Hall was not overly priced for the beauty of the building and history behind it. The only problem was a live-in caretaker who slept through the first half an hour of our use of the building on the wedding day. We were left to wait outside in the middle of the summer, ringing the bell helplessly. Fortunately, Ms. Emsweller had given me her private cell phone number (this was a Saturday and she was enjoying her personal time and not present at the building). I called her in a panic and she instantly drove across town to open the doors for us. I also received an apologetic note from Ms. Emsweller and a partial refund for the caretaker's inability to complete his job (he was later fired, thankfully). The day turned out wonderfully and I would not change my use of the building. In fact, I would love to use the building again as it could host anything from a private dinner party to bridal shower or dance.

I loved the venue, and they were helpful, but there were alot of concerns with the building because it was a historical building. Plus the venue was only available for a certain number of hours and that made the whole planning process more stressful.

This place was absolutely wonderful for my wedding ceremony. It allowed me to have my husband's grandmother marry us without any problems since she is an ordaned minister. The location was so beautiful that very little decorations were needed. Everyone had enough room to get ready and for pictures to be taken.

It was a very nice venue since we do not go to church. It was elegant and the right size for what we needed. We were able to have both the ceremony and the reception in the same area so no would have to travel. Parking was an issue but we never heard any complaints.