Thomas Center, Gainesville FL

Beautiful place to have a Holiday work party, wedding, or just to go and walk around in the fountain area.

City Cultural and Parks offices for Gainesville, Florida. Beautiful old historical building and gardens. Available for wedding and other cultural events.

Got.arrived there. Had a great community kid friendly experience at the tree lighting ceremony.

Nice place to spend a few hours outside, lots of places to hang out and read, very laid back area of town that’s nice to walk or bike around

Great feeling seeing Hotel Thomas remain important. I lived just down the street in the 50s.

For our 3/26/22 wedding, we booked the Historic Thomas Center. We had a great experience throughout the entire touring/booking process. Kathy and Jessica provided excellent service and had timely responses to all of my questions.

This venue allows you to book out different rooms/areas based upon what you need, and for what length of time. However, the venue as a whole only books one event per day, so the entire grounds are basically exclusive. We rented out the Turtle Court, Veranda, Period Room, Long Gallery, and Spanish Court for different areas, and all of the spots were clean, well maintained, and gorgeous for our guests! The pricing for this venue was also extremely competitive with others that we looked into and found that it was worth every penny.

We took bridal and family pictures out in the garden. Please be advised that while the signs clearly state dogs are not allowed, there were multiple dogs in the park, and dog feces on the ground. Be careful where you step!

I end up there for the weirdest reasons but never disappointed or unhappy lots of eclectic people to meet by stopping by here.

Pretty building, property, etc. Irresponsible gallery staff. Front entrance signage clearly indicates gallery hours from 8a to 5p. It is just after 4p and every entrance is locked without notice. Gross.

The Thomas Center holds a very special place in my heart. In my opinion, it is the perfect venue space. Located in the heart of Gainesville near downtown, it has beautiful historical charm, several photo shoot locations and to me is the most perfect venue space! My husband and I used to have picnics under the large, magical oak tree and under that same tree is where we said our vows to each other. Honestly, for us there weren’t any cons to this place. Some people may not be happy if you want to use sparkles and they do have a limit on how many people fit inside the venue space. However, those restrictions were not an issue for us at all.
To us the pros included:
-Ceremony and reception in the same location
-Beautiful venue space inside and out
-Accessible parking
-Helpful and organized staff
-Great network of vendors to work with
-Reasonably priced for everything that it included

The staff at the Thomas Center went above and beyond to make our wedding day feel extra special! Kathy Nguyen and Jessica Loveless were phenomenal to work with, especially planning a wedding with several COVID restrictions in place. They answered all of my questions in a timely fashion and helped us plan a safe, intimate and beautiful wedding during a pandemic. The day of my wedding everyone greeted me so warmly and I will never forget everything they did to make us feel welcome and comforted. From the bottom of our hearts, want to thank the entire Thomas Center staff for all of the work they did to make our wedding day a dream come true!