WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY BOOKINGS FOR THE 2021 SEASON DUE TO A RENOVATION PROJECT TAKING PLACE ON THE GROUNDS. ALLEGHENY COUNTY VENUES HAS LAUNCHED A NEW EVENT SPACE FOR 2021 CALLED THE STABLES AT HARTWOOD. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT US HERE: https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/the-stables-at-hartwood/f61ff271185532e2.html
The Hartwood Acres Mansion is a venue situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This historic tudor estate has a gorgeous, detailed façade and manicured gardens on the property. Couples will feel the elegance and grace of this historic mansion built in the 1920s as they say their vows.
Facilities and Capacity The Hartwood Acres Mansion features five unique event spaces and can accommodate up to 300 of the couple’s friends and family members. The estate and its gardens sit on 629 acres and proudly stands as one of the largest estates in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. With this kind of presence, couples can easily host elegant ceremonies and receptions in the formal gardens, terrace or and grand pavilion. Indoor ceremonies and receptions can be hosted in the refined mansion.
Services Offered The mansion and its gardens and grounds are available for bridal showers, engagement parties, elopements and rehearsal dinners. In order for couples to feel more relaxed about their wedding and reception, the staff at the Hartwood Acres Mansion can provide both setup and cleanup. A bridal suite is also available for couples to use.
Other Services In addition to weddings, this sprawling estate is perfect for many outdoor activities. Guests are welcome to enjoy the following outdoor features:
From our first venue tour to our wedding day, we had a fantastic experience working with staff at Hartwood Acres. The venue is breathtaking (we used the pavilion, terrace and garden). Our guests loved the setting and the walkability of our events. Shaunden and Sarah were so helpful the entire time! They helped us think through locations for the cocktail hour, ceremony and reception and setup an online diagram for us to review. They made all changes we requested and were so patient! Also their help with the table scape planning and coordinating certain vendor related tasks took so much stress off our plate! Shaunden facilitated our wedding rehearsal and was so accommodating! She had answers to all our questions and was just so helpful with last minute vendor needs. I can’t say enough about how awesome it was to work her and how much stress was taken off my plate. Thank you ladies for helping make our wedding so special and stress free!!! (Photos from Lisa West who is also awesome!!)
Sent on 01/06/2020
Hartwood Acres Mansion's reply:
Kelly,
First off, thank you so much for choosing Hartwood Acres as your wedding venue! We strive to make the planning process as stress free as possible for all of our clients. We are glad to hear that we were able to help make this an easy and memorable experience for you and Eric. It was wonderful working with you both! We wish you a lifetime of love and happiness!
Natalie
· Married on 08/03/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Hartwood is seriously the best
Hartwood is extraordinary! Every single space is beautiful, a historic landmark that looks like a Tudor palace but was built for a suffragette? Iconic. We used the terrace, got ready in the bridal suite inside the house, had our cocktail hour in the beautiful formal gardens, and the reception in the gorgeous grand pavillion. And all things considered the venue isn't crazy expensive compared to anything approaching similar quality in Pittsburgh. I've seen weddings where the venue is pretty meh and folks make a statement wall to have one nice picture backdrop. We have the opposite problem where there are too many stunning areas to photograph, including the sculptures in the park on the way in. Deciding on where to go with your photographer is gonna be the hard part for you, which is the best possible problem to have.
That said, the place itself is so gorgeous that people probably would excuse bad service. Like if a trained chimp was in charge of managing this place we'd have still been like "we HAVE to get married here we'll make this work". So its even more above and beyond that Shaunden and Sarah are EXCELLENT at their jobs. Warm, thoughtful, organized, deeply competent. We booked in February 2018 for our August 2019 wedding. They came in part way through after we had booked and Alexandria (the old coordinator) had left. It was so smart of the county to leverage Hartwood. Hiring two people was a great idea - Alexandria was nice, but visibly overworked. Shaunden and Sarah stepped in to the new job without missing a beat, which is great when your venue coordinator leaves 6 months before your wedding date! They ordered new chairs and tents that we could get excited about. They had great insight into running the day smoothly. These two women are leveraging the incredible potential of an already great space to the fullest extent.
Even the couple things we were worried about as potential snags didn't become an issue!
Because it's a historical landmark with a lot of valuable artifacts, the committee in charge of it is very understandably a little specific about using the actual house, but we had as much time in the bridal suite and other room as we needed! My (now) husband and I met at Pitt but currently live in New York and don't have much family in the area- we were worried that navigating the car trip from our downtown hotel options would be difficult for out of town guests who are unfamiliar with the ugh... lets just say quirks? of driving in Pittsburgh. We sent specific instructions to guests a few days out and literally no one had trouble getting there.
Part of my day job is event planning (I work in nonprofit development so lots of galas and other fundraising events) so I've seen some crazy terrible and some truly amazing vendors in my time. I was blown away buy how well Hartwood works as a venue- from its natural gorgeousness to the great people managing it. So many guests commented on the beautify of the location. My mom called it spectacular, that even great photos don't do it justice in person, one of my friends even jokingly tagged the location as Pemberly on instagram, which made my day.
We'd recommend Hartwood to anyone and everyone! (also sorry I ended up writing a novel length review!)
Sent on 08/18/2019
Hartwood Acres Mansion's reply:
Natalie,
What kind words! Shaunden and I are so pleased to hear of the wonderful experience you and Andrew had at Hartwood Acres Mansion.
When Shaunden and I stepped into this position, our #1 goal was to meet with every couple who had been booked by the previous coordinator, to ensure them that their wedding day would go off without a hitch.
Thank you for trusting in us, and for your patience and understanding as we transitioned into this position.
You and Andrew were a joy to work with. We wish you all the love and happiness in the world! Congratulations again from all of us at Hartwood! xo
Deirdre E.
· Married on 07/27/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Flexible and Caring
They helped make the day a wonderful experience! We did a lot of DIY stuff and they were very flexible with us. Sarah is amazing. I sat on berries ( go figure!) and she helped me out with a tide pen and saved the day. They went through a bunch of different floor plans with us and were able to figure something out that worked for us. It was great. Both Sarah and Shaunden are super helpful and accommodating. The team is super sweet and helpful. Would recommend to a friend.
Sent on 09/09/2019
Hartwood Acres Mansion's reply:
Deirdre,
We are pleased to hear that your experience with us was a pleasant one! Your event, from the lighting, to the band was spectacular! Thank you for choosing Hartwood Acres Mansion to host your wedding day! Congratulations again to you and Pat!
