From a Norman Revival estate to a downtown that keeps finding new uses for old factories, Winston-Salem's venues are unusually good-looking. A few I'd point a couple toward:
Graylyn Estate
A Norman Revival manor house on the old Reynolds land, with an English rose garden and a place on Historic Hotels of America's list of most romantic hotels. Indoor and outdoor seating for about 150 each, room blocks for out-of-town guests, dressing suites with real windows. It photographs like an estate in the English countryside, because that's what it was built to look like.
Millennium Center
A former federal building downtown with three floors to choose from: the Millennium Ballroom and Grand Lobby seat up to 350 for dinner, the Jazz Club and Speakeasy below hold about 200, and the historic courtroom upstairs another 200. Marble, columns and a lobby that looks better in photographs than most ballrooms.
The Barn at Reynolda Village
Inside the historic Reynolda district, with access to the formal gardens and the museum grounds. About 130 guests, with tables, chairs and a vintage wood bar included. The gardens next door are among the best portrait locations in the state, and you're already standing in them.
Getting married somewhere else? Send me the venue. I'll tell you how it photographs and where the light will be at your ceremony time.







