Finding the perfect location for your wedding and reception can be difficult. I have found four of the most intimate and romantic locations in Birmingham that can hold both your wedding ceremony and your reception. From southern charm to hip and modern Birmingham has everything to offer.
1. Rucker Place This home built in 1900 by Civil War General Winchester Rucker, as a wedding gift to his daughter, is on the National Register of Historic Places. This beautiful home is nestled into the heart of the city. Rucker Place’s warmth and charm takes you back to a much simpler time and place. This venue offers a courtyard ceremony space perfect for daytime weddings or for an evening ceremony under the twinkling lights. For the reception this home offers a multi-room floor plan perfect for mingling with guest.
Your ceremony can take place outdoors or inside the house. Rucker Place offers an elegant bridal room and a room for the groomsmen and family to get ready and take pictures before the ceremony.
For the Bride and Groom, Rucker Place offers a private suite for a romantic first dinner after the ceremony or upon arrival. Included is a professional event coordinator that assists in the planning of your event. Also, bistro tables and chairs for both the upper and lower porches, 12 guest tables with six white wooden chairs each, and four tall pub tables. Rucker Place offers linens for all but the bistro tables, your choice of white, colored, or specialty linens. They offer cake tables, including specialty linens and cake stands, two silver or crystal toasting goblets, cake knives, and a complimentary champagne bottle for toasting. Rucker Place offers a full bar service, security, and in-house catering. Florist are provided from an approved list.
Rucker Place is located at 1804 12th Ave. South Birmingham, AL 35205.
2. Woodrow Hall Originally built in 1914 Woodrow Hall offers unique architecture, character and warmth. Original exposed brick walls, high ceilings, and huge wooden beams, along with all the conveniences of modern technology such as a 120″ projection screen and a 52″ LCD screen, wireless internet, and built in speaker system Woodro Hall covers it all. In addition, Woodrow Hall has a special VIP room for the bridal party.
Woodrow hall offers on-site event planning to help cover all the details of the event. The third floor has a 7,000sq foot space split into a 3,800sq feet of column free dance floor that seats 150 for dinner service and a 1,800sq feet lobby area that connects directly to the dance hall that can be used for a small ceremony. Woodrow Hall offers a warming kitchen and a side room for bride or groom families. Woodrow Hall also offers a fully stocked bar service that can be placed anywhere on the dance hall or the lobby for a cocktail hour.
Woodrow Hall is located at 5504 first Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35212.
3. The Historic Tutwiler Hotel Magical weddings have taken place at the Tutwiler Hotel since 1914. This National Historic Landmark has all the eloquence and southern charm a bride could want. With its towering columns, circular drive, and veranda suites this venue is perfect for your wedding and wedding night.
The Tutwiler Hotel offers al fresco ceremonies and receptions in their courtyard for up to 150 guests or in one of their enchanting ballrooms that can accommodate from 25 to 200 guests. So, no matter the size of your soiree The Tutwiler Hotel would provide the perfect venue for you. Their event coordinator is ready to make your dream wedding come true, they even making accommodations for all of your out of town guests, flowers, cake, and music. The Tutwiler’s award winning catering service offers cusine creations fit for royalty, that are sure to make a lasting impression.
The Historic Tutwiler Hotel is located at 2021 Park Place Birmingham, AL 35203.
4. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens The picturesque setting of The Birmingham Botanical Gardens offers many backdrops for your wedding ceremony and reception. They offer both indoor and outdoor settings depending on your needs.
Their garden center is a neo-classical style building with a stucco efface. The garden center offers numerous rooms, some with kitchens. Within the garden center are The Strange Auditorium which is the most versatile of rooms, adjoined with a full kitchen and prep room, The Strange Auditorium can sit up to 200 guests banquet style. Many renters often rent the Hodges Room which includes the private Rushton Garden just outside.. The Hodges Room can sit up to 64 people banquet style and includes the lush, secluded Rushton Garden, with café seating and rushing waterfall just outside, this carpeted room is often added to the Strange Auditorium for extra seating. The Ireland Room overlooks the Blount Plaza and has white oak parquet floor and crystal chandeliers. This room accommodates up to 80 guests banquet style and offers an adjacent small prep kitchen and a service elevator to a full kitchen. The Ireland Room is often combined with the East Room, across the lobby and can be added with the Hill Garden with accessibility to the Plaza Bridge. The East Room is a comfortable and carpeted room for smaller crowds of up to 48 banquet style.
For outdoor weddings ceremonies The Birmingham Botanical Gardens offer a Rose Garden, a Camellia Garden, or a Japanese Garden. The gardens are perfect for a live music artist such as a violinist or flutist. The gardens are only available for the ceremony but can be joined with a room rental indoors or in the Hill Garden. Their only outdoor event area is The Hill Garden and is great for tent weddings. The outdoors space does not offer kitchen access, but allows outside caterers.
