Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim — Attraction in Fairfax

My wife and I used Blenheim as our wedding venue and we were pleased with the experience.  The venue is a beautiful and picturesque Civil War site with a modern building adjacent to it. The grounds are available if you want to put up a dining tent as we did.  We set up lawn games for the kids (and adults) on the large grounds which made the reception even better.  Fairfax County made the rental process easy.  It was affordable as venues in the National Capital Region go.  The staff on the day of the wedding was very helpful to our wedding planner and flexible when things didn’t work as planned as always happens on a wedding day.   Because Blenheim is a historic site and sits amid a residential area there were certain restrictions, however, the restrictions did not make us significantly alter our wedding plans.  You must plan your wedding around the public times for the historic site so that causes some limitations, but again, we were able to make everything happen even with the restricted time schedule.  We had an amazing wedding at Blenheim and would suggest our friends and family use it for their...

The venue itself was nice. However, I have never felt so unwelcome at a venue in my life. The woman working there gave us constant reminders of what time we had to be out of there, which meant we were unable to enjoy the entire final hour of our party. We were literally herded out the doors! She also chose to show other people around the venue, despite the fact that we had reserved it during that time. Several guests slipping and falling on the way to their cars due to lack of proper sidewalk care was the final straw. Overall this was a beautiful venue, but the atrocious customer service ensures that I will never be hosting any other events here in the future. One doesn't may hundreds of dollars to rent a venue for a special event to be treated that way....

We had our wedding here, and it was an amazing time! The grounds are beautiful, the event staff was very helpful and communicative, and the customer service team that helped us book the place did a great job in helping make sure we had everything under control. If you are having a small wedding, this is a great venue! We had 30 attendees and that was about the limit of the indoor space, however they also have outdoor options for bigger events. Definitely recommend for fall events as there are plenty of...