The Whittemore House

We absolutely loved our Whittemore House wedding. I was so grateful for the beautiful indoor space when rain was predicted for our whole wedding weekend. The catering staff was excellent- we made various changes to the menu over the planning period and had to have some meals brought in for guests with certain dietary restrictions, and the team was flexible and accommodating about everything. We had about 170 guests for a seated ceremony, cocktail hour throughout the house, seated dinner and dancing. If we had had more guests the dancing would have been too crowded with all the dinner tables, so I would recommend staying under that number if there will be a dance floor. We used a DJ which was great but I don't think the space would have accommodated a band with a lot of guests on the dance floor. Lyn and Carder did an excellent job keeping the schedule moving, keeping track of our decorations and favors, and generally making me feel at ease about the day. Walter was wonderful and a huge help in setting up on the wedding day. We loved that many guests could take Metro and/or stay in the many hotels close by. Getting married here was a wonderful experience!

While we loved the venue in terms of beauty and location, we had a really hard time working with the company that manages their events. I want to specifically say that Walter, the house manager, is wonderful. We only met him the day of the event and unfortunately were not put in touch earlier. The events team was unresponsive, and we dealt with many errors in our contracts - they never charged a deposit when we originally provided our signed contract and CC auth form, we were told the ballroom can fit 220 and thankfully we only had 150 because no way more would fit with a dancefloor. We were promised a champagne welcome that never happened and we had even printed this in our schedule for our guests. We weren't given linen or floorplan options until 10 days out from the event despite requesting several times in our 14 month planning period. To start, when we first viewed the venue and fell in love we put a soft hold on a date. When I called the preferred caterer to discuss, he told me they already had a wedding on that date at that location. We had to go back and change our date with the venue. We were planning from across the country and tried to schedule a venue walk-through when we were in town with plenty of notice, but we were cancelled on the week of our travel. Our planner rescheduled with my mom to visit the venue, now without us because we had to fly back west, and the venue cancelled 15 MINUTES before the scheduled walk through leaving our planner and caterer to have to walk through without them. I was beyond frustrated that our plans felt so shaky and without our planner I would have been a wreck. This is a beautiful venue and the bartenders/security they contract with are GREAT, but if you decide to book here (and I don't discourage it) just make sure you follow up with the team/have a planner and are super diligent about getting everything in writing so you don't end up with any surprises. It just felt like they really didn’t care about our wedding and since the venue basically sold itself there was no need to make any effort in customer service.

We had an incredible experience at the Whittemore House at our wedding in September. We chose to hire Allison as our day-of coordinator which I would highly recommend - she kept us on schedule and pretty much coordinated the day of perfectly. She also dealt with questions from several sources and connected with the vendors to make sure they knew when to arrive, etc. The venue is beautiful and the staff was very accommodating with last minute changes due to the hurricane. They set up our decorations and arch better than we could have and we loved the space as guests could walk around inside or mingle outside if they wanted a break. We had an amazing time and would highly recommend the Whittemore House!

The Women’s National Democratic Club is an amazing venue. Everyone tells you when you get married that something will go wrong at your wedding – but that didn’t happen to us. Walter and the other staff at the venue made sure everything went perfectly. They were responsive, set up everything and managed the event so that we could focus on the big day. The bartender and wait staff were also amazing with our guests and made sure everyone had a fun time. From making sure the ceremony was perfect to managing the big moments like the cake cutting – the staff was friendly, professional and handled everything from start to finish. They were also extremely helpful during the wedding planning process, recommended vendors and helped us make key decisions. We are so glad we went with them. I don’t think you will receive the same attention at any other venue in the city.