Earle Harrison House & Pape Gardens

For Perfect Southern Garden Weddings

What makes it fun

The Earle Harrison House is a Greek Revival-style mansion facing the exquisite Pape Gardens. This perfectly manicured property is absolutely stunning. The Pape Gardens encompass 5.82 acres of blooming flowers, immense live oaks, perfectly kept lawns, and fresh herbs and vegetables. Oh and the rose arbor! The Pape Gardens is home to a 75 foot rose arbor. TV superstars and Waco locals Chip and Joanna Gaines were married here in the beauty of the Earle Harrison House and Pape Gardens. If you choose to propose or get married here you can almost certainly guarantee some beautiful pictures and memories of the special day.

Google Reviews

4.6

Based on 38 reviews

Sandi J. Horton

03:23 03 Dec 24

Beautiful block of elegance, full of wonderful memories of past visits!!!

Betty Spross

14:07 30 May 24

Lagniappe Bridal Boutique

21:59 16 May 24

We recently partnered with the Earle Harrison House for a styled photo shoot. The grounds are gorgeous!! Beautiful place to have an event, we highly recommend the Earle Harrison House!!

Katy Brittain

08:31 14 May 24

The Earle Harrison House and the Earle Harrison House team helped make my wedding dreams come true!!Georgia and Eric were so kind and easy to work with. They went above and beyond to ensure my wedding venue experience was a seamless part of the planning process. From meeting with my planner and I the day before the wedding to come up with a back up plan for the weather, to having extra groundskeepers the day of to ensure the grounds looked beautiful since there was a horrible thunderstorm the night before the wedding.I would get married a million times again at the Earle Harrison House and cannot wait to see more beautiful brides have their wedding here too!

Madi Harper

17:19 06 May 24

Earle Harrison House was a spectacular place to host my client's wedding this past weekend. As a wedding planner and photographer I have worked at hundreds of wedding venues. I am so happy and proud that our little town of Waco now has a venue like Earle Harrison to host weddings.Georgia, Eric and all of the staff at Earle Harrison are wonderful to work with. Georgia was our main point of contact and went above and beyond for my clients. She made last minute changes with the landscaping crew due to rain and bad weather on my client's wedding weekend to ensure that the grounds were looking amazing for our event - and so much more!I look forward to working at Earle Harrison for many more weddings in the future and will continue recommending my clients to host their wedding at this beautiful historic home and gardens.Thank you Earle Harrison for a wonderful experience!

Mimi Quin

05:33 29 Apr 24

Steve Rockey

19:38 02 Jan 24

My daughter was married at the end of December at the Johnson Taylor House on the grounds of the Earl Harrison property. It was perfect! The ceremony was outside on the surrounding grounds under the massive old trees and the reception was held in the house and attached hall. The beautiful old home is a perfect slate for decorating and the hall functions great for a reception/dance. Georgia and her staff were unbelievable to work with and everything was executed flawlessly! I would highly recommend the Earl Harrison property for a beautiful wedding or event!

andrea lopez

16:43 21 Oct 23

They are restoring house and gave your thru house and gardens. It is beautiful and interesting hearing how they moved, how it was taken care of, how it is being restored. Grounds are beautiful and hold weddings and events. You need to reserve your spot but it is worth seeing. My mom loved it!!🥰😍