Weddings and Receptions: Make your wedding a historic event! Rental includes decorating and clean-up, a one-hour rehearsal time the night before your wedding and wedding packages include bride’s dressing facilities. The Preston Hale room serves as a back-up for inclement weather. Additional hours may be purchased for $50 each. Call 785.251.6993 for more information. Rental amount total due at time of booking. Anna’s Place and Reception - $355 Anna’s Place Asian garden consists of two pools, a stream, bridge, gazebo, and waterfall. No seating provided for wedding ceremonies.
OLD PRAIRIE TOWN
AT WARD-MEADE HISTORIC SITE
Courtyard Weddings and Receptions 1-hour Courtyard Wedding only - $100 3-hour Courtyard Wedding only - $355
Hours: Grounds: 8 a.m.-dusk Office: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mulvane General Store and Potwin Drug Store: Fri., Sat. and Sun.: Noon-4 p.m.
5-hour Courtyard Wedding and Reception - $580 Our spacious courtyard with gorgeous greenery and flowers is a beautiful location for outdoor weddings. Rental hours vary with each package. Everest Church Weddings and Receptions 1-hour Everest Church Wedding only - $125 3-hour Everest Church Wedding only - $495 5-hour Everest Church and Reception - $770 With beautiful wood seating and stained glass windows, the Everest Church is a perfect spot for an indoor wedding. Rental hours vary with each package. Everest Church Wedding and Potwin Drug Store Reception - $250 Everest Church Wedding and Potwin Drug Store Reception (no bride’s dressing facilities provided). Max seating in the Potwin Drug Store is 24. Max seating for the Everest Church is 65. Potwin Drug Store Reception The drug store/soda fountain includes original soda fixtures from a drugstore that stood for 75 years at 5th and Washburn in the historic Potwin area of Topeka. A pharmacist’s counter in the back displays antique mortars and pestles and old- fashioned bottles and jars. A turn-of-the-century Wurlitzer jukebox, original to the drugstore, occupies one corner. Preston Hale Room Our newly remodeled room on the north side of the mansion, the Preston Hale Room is a great space for receptions, meetings, and parties. Seating and tables can be arranged in whatever way works best for your event. Full kitchen facilities are available. The room can comfortably fit 72. Old Prairie Town Wedding and Great Overland Station Reception - $2,500 Packaged up for convenience, our historic sites offer both outdoor and indoor spaces. Available for weddings and receptions, this twelve-hour rental package includes bride’s dressing facilities, decorating and setup time, your option of Old Prairie Town’s Courtyard or Everest Church for ceremonies and the Great Overland Station for your reception.
Tours: Fri., Sat. and Sun.: Noon-4 p.m. Group tours for 15 or more by reservation only, call 785-251-6993.
Tour Fees: Adults $5; Seniors $4; Children (6-12) $3; 5 and under free. Download the free Otocast app for a narrated audio guide to learn more about Old Prairie Town/Ward-Meade Botanical Garden.
1800s Village Featuring: 1854 replica Log Cabin with Blacksmith Shop, 1870’s Victorian Prairie Mansion on the National Register of Historic Places, and 2.5-acre Ward-Meade Botanical Garden.
Town Square: 1891 Victor Schoolhouse, Lingo Livery Stable with Landau Carriage and Baughman Ice Cream Wagon; Lingo Tack Shop; Pauline Depot and Caboose, turn-of-the-century barber shop. Mulvane General Store: An old-fashioned mercantile that serves as our museum gift shop and visitors center. Kansas items, toys from yesteryear, souvenirs, and unique gifts are available. Call 785.251.6995. Potwin Drug Store: Sit at the marble counter and order a soda fountain treat, and shop for vintage-era candy. The drug store building also includes the Durst Physician’s Office and Fyler Dentist Office. Call 785.251.6997.
1880 Everest Church: The church may be rented for church services and weddings. Call 785.251.6993.
Native American Encampment: Our Native American encampment was designed by Prairie Band Potawatomi and Citizens Pottawatomi Nation members. The encampment includes a bark house, a medicine wheel, prayer circle and a garden. The area also includes signage with Native American history and information on the tribes that were relocated to this area from other parts of the United States during the Trail of Tears. Ward-Meade Botanical Garden: The 2.5-acre Ward-Meade Botanical Garden sits adjacent to the historic Ward-Meade mansion. Its meandering paths lead through several distinct garden areas including national display gardens for hostas and daylilies and a national conifer reference garden. Established in 1963. There are approximately 500 varieties of trees and shrubs in the 2.5-acre garden in addition to the annual flowers planted each year. Weddings may be held in the garden. 785.251.6993.
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