1885 Events at Rollins College

What an amazing venue! Beautiful place for a wedding! Food was amazing, service was fantastic, and nothing beats the ambience of this place! The people that work there go out of their way to meet your needs and are on top of everything! Christina is such a joy to work with! She responds quickly, follows-through, so sweet, and helpful!

We could not have asked for a more perfect wedding weekend - all thanks to Christina Schloot, Diego Arenas, the fabulous team at 1885 Events & Susan Throm-White!!! Thank you all for your hard work, dedication to our vision and overall patience & support through our wedding planning process. Our wedding ceremony was conducted jointly by Rabbi Cheryl Jacobs (South Florida) and Father Charlie Mitchell (local - St. Mary Magdalen Parish). Knowles Chapel is an exquisite building, and to have both of our family's faiths represented in one place of worship was truly moving. In addition to our "halfsies" ceremony, we had a lovely string quartet led by Kathleen Attanasi, florals by Velvet & Twine, Photography by Vine & Light, Videography by The Richards and month of coordination by Cherish Events. All parties worked so well together and were welcomed with open arms by Christina, Susan and the 1885 Team. Not only did we get married at Knowles Chapel, but we also had our Rehearsal Dinner with 1885 Events. Our "night before" was an incredible evening overlooking Lake Virginia under a chandelier lit tent with the BEST service, most delicious food & beverage and seamless orchestration from their team. Diego Arenas led the charge & was just exceptional. Due to Covid, our planning was much longer and had more hurdles than the average, but because of the very talented team at Rollins College & 1885 events we had the most special rehearsal dinner and wedding ceremony. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! We appreciate all you did to make our wedding weekend spectacular!

If I could give 1885 Events 0 stars, I would. The chapel itself and the reception venue are so beautiful, but I really don't know if the service is worth it. I've been in contact with the Events Coordinator at 1885 Events for almost four months. Their policy is to not have you book until one year out from the month you're interested in. We loved the actual space itself and asked the Events Coordinator if we could join a waitlist and/or if they have availability in February 2023. The Coordinator kept telling us to reach out on Feb 1st, 2022, and so we waited and chose not to move forward with any vendors or an alternate venue. We had reason to believe that there would be availability this month, and even talk with the Coordinator about that in January. She got back to us this afternoon to say they would not be taking any weddings in February 2023 due to a Bach Festival. This seems like something she would have known about before today, and losing four months of planning, especially with all of the COVID weddings being backed up, is so upsetting. There had been other red flags and people had shared that the service and responsiveness at Rollins wasn't good, but we chose to ignore it because we thought that we would wait our turn and snag whatever date they had available. Please please do not book this venue - save yourself the headache and time.

We had our ceremony at Knowles Memorial Chapel and it was just so beautiful!! The team at Rollins was so great to work with. Christina was incredibly responsive throughout the whole process!