We enjoyed having our reception here. There were enough tables and chairs (definitely pay the token amount to have them set up for you) that they provided. We had the separate room for the catering. You can’t beat the price and the service. I highly
recommend the Carnegie Building!

I had my reception here. They did a great job at setting the table's up just how I asked, which made for a very easy set up of our decorations. If you are looking for a classy venue that doesn't break the bank, do a Friday evening reception like we did. You wont find another venue in town for as nice for such an amazing price. Very beautiful venue!

The only reason I took a star off for value is that prices have gone up since opening. Also, Saturdays are quite a bit more expensive than a Friday. That said, we chose to have a Friday wedding so that we could have it at the Carnegie. It's the old Lawrence city library, and it has been renovated into a charming and beautiful space. It is completely accessible with modern bathrooms, but still has so much charm. We ended up needing to change our wedding date by two weeks several months out, and that was so easy! It just took a 5-minute phone call and I had an email confirmation in minutes. They can do any combination of curtains and pull up the shades for you, and they arrange the tables and chairs before you get there and take them down as well. When you rent the large main room, you also get use of a side room in the front. We put our photobooth in there and it was perfect! Our wedding had 65 guests and it was a really comfortable amount of space. I'm sure you could cram quite a few more in there! We also got all of our deposit back, which was a really nice post-honeymoon surprise to get in the mail.