Historic Firehouse No.2

101 E Commercial St, Springfield, MO 65803, USA

Address:	101 E Commercial St, Springfield, MO 65803, USA
Phone:	+1 417-864-7015
Site:	historicfirehouse.com
Rating:	4.6

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Reviews 9

Candi Spann

I would suggest you research other venues before choosing this one. It is a cool venue with Springfield history. But where other venues include a lot of things as you would expect, the Firehouse nickels & dimes you to death. You will pay extra for the bride and groom areas to get ready in, the balcony, tablecloths ($22 each..I bought off amazon half the price), etc. We rented the facility anyway, everyone seemed nice when they are trying to sell you on the place, but the wedding day was a different story, they were not friendly, and not helpful. The list of complaints is really too long for a review, but I will cover some highlights. We had the space rented for a specific amount of time, when some family/bridal party got there, the owner had people show up to tour the facility during our rental time when we were getting ready and setting up, then she asked if we could wait an hour to set up, we couldnt do that. It was 85 degrees, but when it was suggested we set the wedding up inside due to heat they basically said no it is better outside, so we did. So I wanted chairs inside and out for the guests so they could be inside until the wedding started to stay cool. The owner argued with me and said it is always set up outside and then guests grab their chairs and bring them in for the reception. First of all, it was too hot to sit out there while waiting, and there were more than enough chairs for both areas. After all, rental was supposed to cover all the chairs and tables. We were told we would have to take care of all the chairs and make sure they were all put up. Fine. The usage of the chairs clearly irritated her because she brought it up 2-3 more times during the reception of when and if we were picking them all up or if she needed to call in staff to take care of it. I told her I had it handled. The owner was also the bartender that night and was not friendly and quite rude to several family/guests, I had several come to me about it thinking the owner may want to know, they were surprised to find out she was the owner. She clearly did not want to be there. After the wedding a bunch of us put all the chairs up, cleared all the tables and boxed up all of our stuff, we saved her and the one guy there a ton of time by doing all the work. The man, I didnt get his name was very nice by the way. Afterwards, the owner had nothing to say, no thank you for all the work we did cleaning up in which she never once said "oh we take care of that as part of the rental", not one thank you for your business, not even a bye. Cool venue, but I will NEVER recommend it, I seriously doubt many of the guests would either. Despite my irritation the wedding was beautiful, the venue has a lot of charm.

Celeste Vie

Wow...what happened to this place? Last year I attended 2 events here. The first one, a wedding was very nice. The venue seemed very professional and it was a very enjoyable time for everyone. In November, I attended another one and I noticed a general decline in the attention of the staff and the overall "control" and handling of things. I attended yet another wedding here this past Saturday night and it was a complete wreck. I am not sure if the ownership has changed or if maybe another company is running the place but there just seemed to be no control at all of anything! The staff was clueless and rude and obviously unable to handle things. There seemed to be no one in charge. Look around before signing here.

Jessica Eisele

I had my wedding here and the place is beautiful and a great place for pictures inside and out! The staff was wonderful and very accommodating. I would recommend it to anyone! Thank you Mary and all the staff!

Steve Yates

I really liked the pizza and the salad was fresh. I like thin crust pizza, and so tasty. The service was good and the sweet tea, was not to sweet. Good pizza and tea, got me.

mcdaris7 mohamad7

It served the Northside for many years..had a great bunch of firemen there..they were always ready to lend a helping hand..I live by it for 56 years

RyVilla967

I have been to a few fantastic weddings at this venue. Its unique and clean!

Perry Elkins

Attended a wedding here - fun, creative venue.

Jesse wayne

Great venue! Very classy

Kathy Swearingin

Beautifu place.