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Payne-Corley House
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- Quality catering
- Guests comfort
- Amenities
About this venue
The Payne-Corley House is a vintage farmhouse and wedding venue located in Duluth, Georgia. Offering all-inclusive packages of food, beverage, florals, a day of wedding coordinator, bartenders, servers, set up, and clean up. The venue sits on a four-acre propert ideal for an outdoor wedding. The Payne-Corley House offers a mix of modern amenities and Southern charm that is sure to create an unforgettable atmosphere. With a walkable hotel and historic downtown, this is truly a wedding destination!
Facilities and Capacity
Couples may choose from one of three outdoor wedding ceremony sites. The porch of the historic farmhouse, the garden pavilion, or the 250-year-old, largest saucer magnolia tree in the state. The vintage farmhouse ballroom offers stunning chandeliers and warm wooden floors. Couples can host up to 200 guests at this venue.
Services Offered
Payne-Corley House is a full-service wedding venue with on-site catering and event coordination beginning three months before the wedding Their services include:
- All Day Access
- (2) Outdoor Ceremony Sites and Elegant Ballroom Setting
- Day of Wedding Corrdinator Provides Three Months of Detailed Ceremony, Menu and Reception Planning
- China, Cutlery, Table Linens, Stemware & House Centerpiece Provided
- All Inclusie Package
- In House Award Winining Culinary Team
- Multi Level Bar Packages and Bartenders
- (7) Hours of Getting Ready in Salon & Bride's Room with Buffet Lunch
- In-House Floral & Design
- Groom's House
- Flexibility to bring other vendors such as DJ, photographer, officiant, and cake.
Cuisine
This property's culinary team allows couples to choose from a variety of serving options. These include a seated buffet, plated meal, and food stations. A variety of hors d'oeuvres, dessert options, and late-night snacks. The cuisine is offered in American and Southern styles.
History
This building was originally constructed in the early 1870s. At the time, Duluth was still referred to as Howell's Crossing. The farmhouse received a placard in 1873, the same year that the town was rebranded with the name Duluth. Joseph Moor purchased the property in 1904. Emma Moor, Joseph's daughter, married a man named Lee Payne, building a house next to the original structure. Lee raised his children on the land, the youngest of which, Frances, married Minor Corley. The happy couple lived out their days on the estate until Frances' passing. In the following years, Minor Corley remarried his childhood friend Winnie Guthrie Cain, who went on to maintain the property until its selling to Betsy Corley, Frances and Minor's daughter. Betsy and five of her friends bought the farmhouse, naming it the Payne-Corley House. Nowadays, the venue is maintained by Krista Summerour Ganley, a daughter of one of the five friends of Betsy, and her husband, Michael. Since then, they have been helping beautiful celebrations take place at the historic landmark.
Location
This venue is located northwest of Atlanta in the city of Duluth. Booming historical downtown area includes many bars and restaurants as well as hotel coming spring 2021.
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Reviews of Payne-Corley House
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Payne-Corley House is an all-inclusive, beautifully kept venue with professional, attentive staff who make planning and the wedding day seamless. Guests loved the outstanding food, transparent pricing, and the full 12-hour rental that accommodated traditions and weather changes. Bridal and groom suites plus thoughtful day-of coordination left attendees raving.
The BEST venue in the Area
What really sold it for me was no insane upcharges and no surprise fees. They are transparent with the extremely reasonable pricing from the start. You get the venue for a whole 12 hours (which if you look anywhere else you know this is amazing). I am Vietnamese American so having a traditional tea ceremony was important to me. Other venues only offered 4-6 hours max on site and additional fees for additional time… Unlike those places, I was able to get ready on site in the beautiful bridal suite, have a tea ceremony, and have the wedding ceremony with no issues.
Our guests are still talking about how delicious the food was and how amazing the staff treated them. If I could, I would re-have my wedding again to experience it one more time here. If you're looking for a venue that takes the stress out of wedding planning and delivers a beautiful, seamless experience, have your wedding at the Payne Corley. I can guarantee that you will book a tour and not look elsewhere. (Bryana, Hope, and Michael are the best!)
PCH - The Greens!!
The perfect classy venue!
The most perfect, amazing, wonderful day ever!
There is no detail they have not thought of and they execute it seamlessly. Side note - the venue handles all the food, alcohol, decorations and flowers - which makes everything so incredibly easy and they are all expert level.
Bryana and Hope as well as the rest of the staff works really hard to make your wedding day exactly the way you always dreamed of. Bryana and Hope were incredibly responsive and were always quick to answer our questions or offer suggestions.
The bridal suite and lounge were such a nice touch, which made it easy for my girls and I to get ready and the lunch the chef prepared was outstanding. My husband also really enjoyed the grooms cottage - which is set up for the guys to be able to relax and hang out for the day. In other words - do the full day package - its PERFECT!
I'll be honest - I was a little anxious the day before and Bryana brought me back down to reality quickly, professionally and nicely. The day of, she was there to make sure everything went smoothly and believe me - she is an absolute gem. She made sure that we ate, got us outside for our sunset photos, made sure the cake cutting went on time and all the other details that I never would have been able to keep track of. I cannot say enough good things about Bryana - plus she has the best personality.
I had many friends say this was one of the best weddings they have ever been to and hands down the BEST food at any wedding ever.
Our wedding was everything we ever dreamed of and it is all thanks to the Payne-Corley house. If I could go back and do my wedding again - I would! I would recommend the PCH to anyone and if I could give them more than 5 stars I would.
A day to remember, forever
Beautiful Day, Wonderful Experience
Hope, the director of sales was always quick to answer questions and provide us with information while planning and was on site to greet us on the day of. Lori-Anne, our day of coordinator was such a joy, she was so kind and thoughtful and really helped make our big day perfect. 11/10 would recommend this venue, it was as stress free as wedding planning can possibly be, and the entire experience was lovely and amazing.
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If you want a hassle free event where the only thing you have to worry about is nothing, at one of the most unique, intimate, and beautiful settings in Georgia, then The Payne-Corley House is for you. Every event I have ever been a part of at The Payne-Corley house has been spectacular! The entire staff has always strived for 100% satisfaction for all of their clients with every detail from their five star food to making sure the four year old flower girl finds her way down the ceremony asile. If you are planning an event or trying to decide on where to celebrate your wedding, call The Payne-Corley House, you will be glad you did.
We really enjoy having the opportunity to partner with the Payne-Cornley House. They are a wonderful wedding facility. I have also been a wedding guest at this location! Just beautiful! Perfect in EVERY way! Wonderful staff and the Southern touches are lovely!
We LOVE working at the Payne-Corley House!!!! We do several weddings there each year and could not be happier with our experiences there! Every one of their team members is wonderfully professional and gives exceptional performance. It is the perfect southern backdrop for any wedding and they will make sure you have an amazing event!
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