Available to rent for wedding receptions, parties, and other special events!

Duration

• Full Day (15 Hours): Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• Full day= 9 am to midnight, can be opened earlier by request
• Hourly Options: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

About

The Watkins Reception House was built in 1895 by Lera Thomas' maternal grandfather and reflects the practice of modifying a vernacular house with Victorian architectural features.

​The original floor plan was a standard rectangular farmhouse with a dog-trot, or breezeway through the center. This house also features a back porch well that is still displayed at the village. The home was made more stylish by adding a bay window parlor and front porch with "gingerbread" detailing.

The Reception House includes the following (sizes and amount of furniture listed below are approximate):

• Kitchen (refrigerator/freezer, sink with hot & cold water, electric stove/oven, microwave)
• Restrooms
• Piano
• 2 Buffets: (Counter tops measure 60" x 17” and 67" x 21")
• 4 Round Tables: (Diameters: 53", 48", 48", 42")
• 2 Oval Tables: (42" X 54", 36" x 48")
• 1 Drop-leaf table (35" x 18" opens to 35" x 52")
• 2 Rectangular Tables (1 large - 60" x 45", 1 small - 42" x 26") 1 Long Library Table: (66" x 20")
• 30 Assorted Chairs
• 2 Garbage cans – one on the back porch, one in the kitchen (if you need more trash containers, bring them with you).

Chairs and tables are for the use of the renters and can be rearranged; please attempt to put the furniture back where it was or at least neatly with chairs around tables. The piano and the buffet with the tall cabinet attached are not to be moved at all, and the two largest round tables are not to be moved to rooms across the hall. Please keep restroom doors closed when using heat and A/C. Before lighting fires, be sure that the dampers are open and the central heat is off so that the chimneys will draw properly; heat may be turned back on after the smoke is drawing well.