The College of Physicians of Philadelphia is a historic wedding venue located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also serving couples from the Lehigh Valley area. This 1908, New Beaux-Arts style building offers a unique, historic, and elegant space for you to celebrate your wedding day. Bring your guests into a venue full of magnificent architecture, art, and medical history, for a totally unique and memorable event experience.
Facilities and Capacity Upon entering The College of Physicians of PHiladelphia, your guests will be greeted by Aesculapius, the Greek God of medicine. The venue also features beautiful marble accents, a grand staircase, and luxurious get ready rooms. With a historic atmosphere and beautiful architecture, this venue is a wonderful location for your wedding ceremony and reception, along with bridal showers, engagement parties, and a variety of other magnificent events. The venue is large enough to accommodate events with up to 350 guests, making it suitable for small, intimate groups, or large, grand affairs.
Services Offered The College of Physicians of Philadelphia not only has beautiful event spaces for your use, but there are also a great selection of event services available, as well. With in-house event planners, you will have someone there to coordinate each and every detail to ensure the success of your wedding day. Their event staff can also cover the setup and cleanup, as well as the lighting and audio services of the event, as to keep you feeling relaxed and calm on the big day. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia also happens to have a great selection of event rental items in-house, to enhance the theme, style, and vision of your event. These items can include but are certainly not limited to the following:
Centerpieces
Chairs
Chair covers
Dance floor
Decor
Drapery
Furniture
Tables
Tents
Dinnerware
Linens
Chocolate fountain
Photo booth
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I cannot recommend Kristen and the team at Catering by Design enough. We loved our wedding at The College of Physicians. I can honestly say every aspect of our wedding went completely as planned and looked exactly as I had envisioned and I had a very specific vision! Kristen was unbelievable-- incredibly responsive and took on way more than most day of coordinators (calling vendors, creating the timeline, recommending vendors, previewing decor set up). She made recommendations and was honest when she really thought something wasn't a good idea, but at the end of the day she let me come up with the concept and executed it beautifully.
In addition to Kristen, the rest of the staff was incredible. I had a number of guests come up to me and tell me the service was outstanding-- better than most top notch restaurants. We even had our own personal concierge, Zakiya, who seemed to know what we needed even before we asked. We actually got to eat at our wedding!
Lastly, the food. It was delicious and again, we got so many compliments. We loved the food so much we ate the packed up leftovers the next night for dinner.
Overall, the evening was incredible and we could not have pulled it off without Kristen and the team at Catering by Design. We cannot thank them enough!
Sent on 10/16/2019
Anna Aagenes
· Married on 08/24/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
The most amazing place to get married
We fell in love with this venue the moment we walked in! We were at first worried about our budget but Liz and the Catering By Design team worked with us so we prioritized what was truly important to us. From start to finish, there were NO ISSUES and the day flowed beautifully. Our guests love the food, the ambience, and the opportunity to see the museum during our cocktail hour. We could not have asked for a better venue and team helping us! We loved our day, and much of that was thanks to everyone working at the College of Physicians!! It was a magical day.
Sent on 04/15/2020
Tracey and Tim
· Married on 07/05/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Outstanding Experience/Perfect Wedding Evening
We have an outstanding experience with College of Physicians and their in-house catering organization for our wedding. We attribute how wonderful our evening was to them! The Wedding Specialist was super organized from at every point in the planning process through the event itself. We felt so relaxed! The attention to details was phenomenal, and everyone was kind and gracious to us and our guests. Even our guests commented on the kind, professional and gracious staff.
The food was delicious! Once again -our guests commented on this! The servers synchronized serving our guests so all at the table received their meals at the same time. Outstanding! Just a class act!
The space is beautiful - the various halls, the garden, etc.
It was a beautiful event! Thank you, College of Physicians and particularly Kristin Medici.
