Glenview Mansion at Rockville Civic Center Park

Great location, close to hotels and public transport, great staff and very helpful. The staff blended with the crowd and were so helpfull all day and night. Flexible for time, space and alterante plans since we planned and succeed in having an outdoor ceremony. Great little cottage next to the masion and we hired 3 babysitters to come so we made the cottate a "wedding day care" so our guests could bring kids and have a place for the kids so everyone had fun.

This place is the most beautiful I've seen for a wedding. The gardens and the building exterior make the best backdrop for photos. The interior is classy, warm, and very cozy. I loved the flow of the house and the fact that it was furnished and even had pictures on the wall, china in the china cabinet, etc. It just had the home feeling. The upstairs room is perfect for the bride to get ready. It's perfect if you don't have a huge wedding. The staff, especially Susan, were extremely pleasant, kind, and accomodating. The value you get for the price is just amazing!

Glenview Mansion is a beautiful place to get married. Susan and all the other staff were nice and kind and helped us a lot on so many levels (like let us store alcohols in the kitchen area, helped us make right decisions on so many things about wedding in gnenral, refered good vendors to work with and so many more). There is also a trail right next to the mansion. We took bunch of pictures right before the wedding on that trail. It was a hugh plus for me since I wanted a photo shoot in the woods and with deers (well deers didn't show up on that day but we saw them on the other days. ;)). At least, it was so quite and beautiful. We got married outside garden area and it was beautiful. The only minus is that the mansion is not allowed red wine but except that everything was perfect and beautiful.

Wow! What a wonderful place to get married. The staff are extremely friendly and accomodating... from letting us store alcohol and other wedding items there after the rehearsal to letting us have dinner in an upstairs room immediately after the ceremony... it was literally the perfect place. I'm still getting rave reviews from family and friends. When we were originally thinking about the style of wedding we wanted, I realized the sit down dinner wasn't for us. We wanted something that was more about people moving around and talking to each other. I also realized that as much as I enjoy flowers and decor, I'm not one to spend much time on those kinds of details. Glenview was perfect since the mansion is already so elegant... only a few touches of flowers (that I totally let the florist figure out) would be enough. I'm a fan of the art deco era of the 1920's. The history of the mansion was an extra touch for me... and between the beautiful grounds and the art gallery upstairs, guests had an extra something to enjoy during the cocktail hour... perfect! We also wanted to get married outside... and even though it was early Nov... we got really lucky with amazing weather. Their garden options (yes, plural) were fantastic. Can't imagine how pretty it is in the Spring. Having both the inside and outside option for the wedding was awesome; I never stressed about the weather even with such a rainy October. I would say that my 165 guests were a bit tight in the conservatory for watching our first dance and the toasts. We've got a relaxed crew, so it made no difference, but I could see a high strung MOB being a little upset about it. I also can't imagine how we would have figured out an indoor ceremony for that many if that's what it came down to. I suppose something on the order of 125 would be a perfect number. I just got lucky all things considered!

Beautiful landscape and mansion. The setting made the pictures wonderful. Slight issue with access but very minimal.

Glenview Mansion was an absolutely stunning place for a wedding! We received compliments the entire night, and guests were able to relax and enjoy themselves in different rooms, engaging in different activities, as they pleased. The staff was also great to work with--they accommodated incredibly unique requests, including allowing me to have my horse present outside the mansion!

My husband and I had our wedding and reception there. The mansion is historic and the grounds are absolutely stunning. We had a gorgeous outdoor wedding there. The staff responded quickly to any questions and were courteous. Although the mansion doesn't allow you to move furniture or serve red wine, this wasn't a concern for us because we did not serve alcohol and had no desire to rearrange the furniture. It worked out perfect for us. Future brides couldn't pick a better location! 5 stars all around!

I helped with coordinating a very low cost wedding for my cousin (total budget just under $3,000 for 60 guests). After extensive research, I discovered that the Glenview mansion will allow Rockville residents to hold a small ceremony (groups of 15 or less) there in lieu of the Rockville courthouse on weekdays. When I contacted the mansion, we were permitted to use the interior of the mansion for $50 an hour. We booked a Friday in May of 2010, and opted to use the bride's room for an additional $50 an hour. We could have used a grooms room for an additional $50 an hour, but we didn't. So for two hours we spent $200 total for a ceremony at this beautiful site. Luckily, the weather was perfect so the wedding party was able to take gorgeous photographs after the ceremony on the mansion grounds, which are just stunning. There is a lush garden behind the mansion. The groom asked a friend to officiate the wedding and the bride asked her cousin (my brother) to do the photography. I printed out all of the invitations, program, and favor labels using my home computer. We made the flower bouquets and boutineers using florist tape, scissors, ribbons and roses from Whole Foods Supermarket. A luncheon reception was held at a nearby Chinese restaurant. The only downside was that since the cost was so low, the couple could only invite close relatives to the ceremony. So, there were many guests at the reception that weren't invited to the ceremony. Also, since it was on a weekday, there were some guests that couldn't attend because of work reasons. The staff at the Glenview mansion were incredibly gracious and accomodating. It was so nice that they offer this benefit to Rockville residents who otherwise would only be able to afford a courthouse wedding.

My husband and I were so happy with our choice. It is a beautiful venue. We had our ceremony on the lawn in front of the Cottage, the chairs were set up into 4 sections to look like a circle and we were in the middle. I love this place, it gave us a great opportunity to have beautiful pictures, and Susan was extremely helpful and so kind!

I could not have chosen a better place for our wedding reception. This was the perfect venue for our smallish sized reception (around 90 people), but I've been to receptions there which were much larger. Susan was great and so friendly - she worked with us to fit our time schedule and make arrangements. The mansion and the surrounding estate made a beautiful backdrop for our celebration and photography. We were even able to use the upstairs art gallery for our guests to tour, and there is a gorgeous balcony in the upper room that overlooks the front lawns, which we used in our photography. I thought the entire setting was just historic and romantic. The gardens are to die for and the stone archways in the terrace made the entire scene look like something out of Secret Garden. Friendly staff, well-equipped kitchen, beautiful furniture and artwork. I don't know what else to say except that we absolutely loved it.

The site was beautiful, the staff was helpful and available for all questions, and it was a dream driving up to the mansion. Everyone loved the atmosphere, decor, and flexability of enterainment from dancing, mingling in the various rooms, and walking in the garden areas.

Glenview Mansion was the ideal location for our wedding ceremony and reception. Our guests are still raving about how beautiful the venue is. The mansion and its gardens are gorgeous, and their layouts lend themselves well to a relaxed and interactive cocktail party setting (vice a ballroom or a reception hall). The staff was incredibly helpful and responsive from the planning process to the end of the wedding day. Their onsite event coordinators are such a delight to work with. With regards to flexibility, there are some limitations as to what you can/cannot do when using the venue. Since Glenview Mansion is a historic property, they enforce strict rules in the interest of preserving it (ie not allowing red wine in the Mansion, not allowing furniture to be moved around).

We got married here on a beautiful fall day and could not have asked for a better venue! We chose Glenview mostly for the grounds - with a beautiful terraced garden, lush lawns and glen, stone work and archways outside...amazing. The mansion has beautiful wrought iron balconies and french doors and is neo-classical, somewhat more modern and not at all stuffy. PLenty of parking and a great location and very reasonable venue rental price (with a discount for City of Rockville residents) made this a natural choice as soon as we went to visit! We had an outdoor ceremony in the terraced garden out back, held the cocktail hour outside on the covered porch, the reception for 65 guests was inside with served dinner. The size of the venue was perfect for a smaller wedding - the dance floor, dining and living rooms and the whole space were perfect and very cozy, much more inviting than the stuffier mansions I've seen in the area. Glenview does have a lot of rules, including no red wine or cranberry juice, no moving the furniture around, and limits to how many guests can be seated in each room...but overall the venue staff, including Susan and Kathleen, were very pleasant, very responsive, and very easy to work with. Only downside: There are volunteers who are there to help make sure things run smoothly during the events, and unfortunately the one we had was a bit of a headcase. She was a bit frantic, interrupted my big moment when I was about to walk out to see my husband before the ceremony for the first time by trying to understand why I was going out to see him, and was a little too visible during the whole thing. At the end when people were leaving anyway, she started flicking the lights on and off and asking people to leave before the venue rental time of midnight was up, which was the worst part! I am a nice person and was polite to her (and missed the light flicking incident since we had already left), but I will let Glenview know that their volunteers need to be more professional and know when to back off! Other than that minor disruption, we had a beautiful and memorable wedding at Glenview and highly recommend it for smaller (under 100 person) weddings.

Glenview Mansion is beautiful and we enjoyed having our wedding and reception there. I thought the staff was great and our day of contact was very helpful in the craziness before the ceremony. They are strict about "rules" such as no red wine and no tossing flower petals. I understand the red wine restriction and I only wish they had informed us about the petal restriction earlier. Our other concern was when we booked the venue, they told us they could seat 80 people for an inside wedding, but they then purchased wider chairs and can now only seat 64. We were fortunate with the weather and were married outside, but we would have had guests standing if that was not the case. Overall, I think they did a great job and we and our guests had a lovely time.

Glenview Mansion was a fantastic venue for our wedding. The Mansion is absolutely stunning, and as Rockville residents, the price was perfect. We were looking for a wedding location with personality, relaxing charm, a kitchen well equiped to support our caterer, and the ability to host not only the reception, but the ceremony as well. Oh, and yes, something that didn't cost an arm and a leg. The thought of having a wedding at a hotel was just out of the question for us. This is the closest thing to being able to host a wedding at your own beautiful estate. The art gallery upstairs was open for guest viewing during most of the wedding. We had a buffet dinner for @75 guests, and the mansion was a perfect size to support this. Lots of seating, and lots of little side tables everywhere to help with plates and glasses. Although we kept our options open for an indoor/outdoor event, the weather was too chilly on our date to hold the ceremony outside, but the inside option was more than convenient and beautiful. I understand that many brides hope for the April weekend of Cherry Blossoms, which are abundant on the property. We opted for the natural beauty of autumn, and held ours on a crisp November day, and had a fire in the fireplace to keep everyone toasty. Honestly, I can't think of a bad time of year for this location. (I understand planning a wedding around Christmastime will save you a bundle on flowers, as it's already decorated for you!) Parking was excellent, even with a number of handicap spots required up close to the house. There is always a Maryland employee onsite to oversee any problems, but honestly, we never even saw them. I believe they hole up in a room and monitor remotely. This site is not one for really huge weddings, it's just not large enough. But for smaller groups, it's perfect. One more drawback: no red wine. We ended up turning this into a benefit, by providing really excellent whites (and saving some money there), but initially it was a limitation we had to consider. There's a beautiful bride's room to change in, but if you have a large group of groom's attendants, you might consider where to get ready; the space provided is a small conference room. Overall, I highly recommend Glenview. We loved it.

The Glenview Mansion was an ideal location for our wedding and reception. The grounds are simply stunning and the mansion itself is maintained with the utmost care. The staff at Glenview were responsive to all our questions and concerns and did their best to accommodate us in every way. We could not more highly recommend a location, for a beautiful outdoor wedding ceremony.

Glenview is a gorgeous venue and the day of our wedding, the backdrop of the mansion and the park was stunning. I have to say though that it comes with its limitations (e.g., no red wine anywhere, no seated dining inside the mansion, no furniture can be moved at all, extra cost for using outdoor ceremony garden chairs). We had our ceremony and reception outdoors so the seated dining guideline was not too much of an issue. Favorite area of the house: the veranda on the second floor. My least favorite room: the conservatory, which is used for indoor ceremonies (I'm so glad it didn't rain!). Another plus is the plentiful parking and the beautiful lawns. The event coordinators on that day were very professional and helpful. It seemed like they were right there when you needed them. Overall Glenview is picturesque and relatively easy to work with for a historical mansion venue.

Glenview Mansion is a beautiful place to hold your wedding. I had only good experiences with our coordinator, Susan Klise. Even though it rained we still had a wonderful time inside the house. The house manager that night, Beverly, was apparently horrific to work with. She did not show up on time, she called the police when she thought he caterer stole her phone (it was on the piano), she read a book in her office all night, gave surly looks to the mother of the bride, and she attempted to make the caterer take the trash with them. Thankfully the caterer had a copy of the contract that clearly stated that they had access to the dumpsters. I would recommend this site to future brides, but I would go over the contract carefully and have it onsite with you at all times. If it weren't for Beverly Glenview would have gotten five stars all the way through.