City of Fairfax Historic Sites

I had my wedding reception at Old Town Hall on a Friday afternoon in late December. The venue was absolutely perfect for our needs. We had 70-75 guests and enough room to have a buffet, 8 10-seated round tables, a cake table, bar, guest signing table, gift table, DJ, and dance floor. Brianne was excellent to work with, immediately responsive and very flexible. She even let me set up the centerpieces the day before the wedding. We had simple centerpieces--live wreathes with lit candles--for our simple winter wedding, and they went perfectly with Old Town Hall's simple winter decor (such as green garlands on the windows). We received tons of compliments from our guests. I rented the tables and tablecloths through Old Town Hall--their rates are good and they set up everything before the caterer arrives. I would highly recommend Old Town Hall, especially for a rustic, vintage, or simply elegant winter wedding.

My husband and I had our wedding ceremony and reception at the Old Town Hall. The ceremony was upstairs and reception on the main level. Everything went off with a hitch! I worked with Brianne who was very organized and professional. We recently relocated to NC and did most of the planning through emails and phone calls. She was very responsive and helped us decide on a great floor plan. The hall looked beautiful and everything was in it's place. For the cost and preparation, this venue is definitely a good value!

Old Town Hall was the perfect venue for our reception. We were looking for a unique place that would compliment our vintage theme and would allow for some flexibility when it came to our vendors. The hall itself is a little tight (we had 120 guests) if you want a dance floor. We originally thought we would have to take down two tables, but it worked out that if we pushed them a little out of the way there would be space. We worked with Brianne and she was wonderful. She answered all our questions promptly and allowed us to change a few last minute details.

This reception venue is extremely unique and located right in Old Town Fairfax. It was the most awesome place to hold our reception. It's got a great charm to the entire place. They are very flexible and allow you to bring in any vendors you want. You can even do your own catering! Laura, the coordinator, is a wonderful person to work with and is very responsive. She does a great job of accommodating you. Best of all, the pricing is very reasonable.

Absolutely fantastic. Laura Lister is great to work with and answered every one of my questions in a timely manner. The venue is beautiful. We had 75 people at our wedding with the cocktail hour upstairs and dinner and dancing downstairs. It was the perfect amount of space for my guests, who needed a big dance floor. Laura made an allowance for us to come and decorate early at Old Town Hall for a discounted cost, which was a great relief. If you can book this place, do it and do it early. It fills up quickly!

Laura and Amy were very helpful and answered all of our questions immediately. The hall was perfect for our wedding because we wanted an old, historic, vintage feeling. The library was beautiful and perfect for our ceremony and everyone loved how easy it was to go from the ceremony to the reception downstairs.

The Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim, also operated by the City of Fairfax, was where we held both our ceremony and reception. A beautiful site, beautiful weather, and a beautiful day for our wedding on Oct. 10, 2010. Our biggest problem was the kiddos trying to climb the trees before their parents had gotten any photos of them in their good clothes! Everything worked perfectly, we had no problems with fitting everyone in or getting everything prepared in the space, and having someone from the city present made everything go so much smoother!

Everything about our experience at Old Town Hall was 100% positive. Laura Lister was our contact and she was Awesome - really fast to respond to my emails, always helpful, just super nice. The staff on site is great too, we worked with Amy and Brenda and they were both just, well, awesome. I'm sorry I can't think of any better descriptors than "awesome" and "super." The venue was perfect for our wedding - and being right across the street from a bar is a bonus if your guests might want an afterparty. ;) You can't beat the value in this area either.

Old Town Hall is a great venue. We had our ceremony upstairs - the library is beautiful - and our reception downstairs. Laura was a pleasure to work with. She was very responsive and helpful, even allowing us to drop off centerpieces and alcohol the day before. Her staff was just as helpful every time we visited to review the speaker system, visit with our parents, etc. Amy was great as point person during the big day. Thank you all!

Laura, the contact at Old Town Hall, was absolutely wonderful. She was responsive, helpful, and flexible. She even provided us with decor suggestions based on other Old Town Hall weddings when we went to check the place out. She set us up with a decor drop-off time in advance that saved us a lot of hassle and made a beautiful reception possible. The space was warm, inviting, and cozy. Old Town Hall was simply perfect.

The staff was great I would highly recommend.

We were really happy to get the Old Town Hall for our reception site. Laura Lister (the contact for the City of Fairfax) is incredibly nice, responsive, and very professional! About 10 days before the wedding she did a walk-through of the place with me and the caterer and made sure everything was set up so that it all went smoothly. Even after I had to request changes in the floor plan at the last minute, she did a great job and there were no problems.This place is perfect for a wedding of 100-120 people (we had 130 and it was pretty full, but not uncomfortably so). It's an unusual space in that there are two floors, but it wasn't a problem for us; we had our cocktail hour (and later dancing) upstairs, allowing us to maximize our space for dinner on the main floor. All our guests enjoyed the historic feel of the place and it had enough room for everyone to feel comfortable. The only potential downside is that, despite the air-conditioning, it can get pretty warm when there are 100+ people dancing - but that's pretty much to be expected. Overall, this is a great venue, with lots of character in a nice historic location. And when you pay less than $4000 for 12 hours (including tables and chairs, etc), it makes for a great value.

Excellent in all areas and a complete pleasure to work with. They make it stress free!

Laura, who is the main contact for Old Town Hall, is absolutely a joy to work with. She is professional, responsive and you feel like you know her (and I never met her face to face).She made the entire experience fool proof and was just on top of ensuring that I what I wanted happened.And you can't beat the price!

The old Town Hall was wonderful - a great price for such a unique, lovely venue. The staff was very helpful - answering all my questions, offering possible alternatives, and just generally being helpful. We had just under 150 people for a seated buffet - it was a tad crowded, but not at all uncomfortable. We used the upstairs for our cocktail hour, which worked well. We paid to have the piano tuned and found a UMD music student to play for an hour or so during the cocktail hour -- very affordable.

The hall is beautiful, and it's located in historic fairfax city a really cute town. Fairfax city residents get a small discount. The inside has two floors both with hardwood floors, and white walls, (which is nice to have a blank canvas to decorate, no need to compete with ballroom decor and rugs.). We had the ceremony upstairs and they even have a piano you can rent which was great for the duet my family in law sang for us. The upstairs has pretty vaulted high ceilings and big windows, they use it as a space for artwork and a library so it provides a nice backdrop. We had the reception downstairs which was nice for the guests since they don't have to travel far. My wedding was about 82 people and it fit just right I wouldn't recommend this space for a very large wedding but somewhere in the 100range would work. The staff was always helpful and friendly.

Laura Lister and OTH were great to work with for hosting our wedding reception! I would only recommend 110 or less if you want a decent size dance floor though! Their facility is beautiful and I would highly recommend utilizing the garden area for your cocktail hour. We looked around and compared prices for different reception venues for a couple months and they really have the best deal in the area. We used the tables, chairs and some of their linens. We ended up using another Vendor for all of the guest table linens and napkins (OTH doesn't offer napkins).Our guests loved the location and building! Parking isn't really an issue anymore as they have several free parking lots that are even very close to the building. They were very flexible and allowed us to store all of the alcohol overnight so we didn't have to designate someone to do it the day of the wedding! This was EXTREMELY helpful to us! No issues and definitely HIGHLY recommend!

This is an excellent venue. It is an historic building in the center of old Fairfax City -- just beautiful. Our wedding was lovely there.

We loved the building. We had the ceremony upstairs, and the reception downstairs. The price was reasonable, and Laura was very helpful throughout the planning process. We has about 110 guests, and I think any more would have been too many.

This place is the best, very professional, very flexible and the table, chairs and tableclothes are included in the rental price. The garden out back is a plus in the spring and summer.