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The Caldwell House

A historic Abbeville estate, built in 1907, now booking weddings and celebrations. Two blocks from downtown.

Built in 1907, The Caldwell House is a historic estate just two blocks from downtown Abbeville, Louisiana, now booking weddings, receptions, and special events. An elegant, intimate setting with a deep wrap-around porch overlooking a courtyard and tropical garden. The Caldwell also offers luxury overnight accommodations in oversized rooms with private baths.

09/06/2026

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞.

And sometimes you still won't know until you walk through the door.

Can you picture getting ready upstairs?

Can you imagine your guests walking through the gardens?

Where would you stand for the ceremony?

Where would everyone gather afterward?

Can you see the photographs?

Can you picture the people you love filling this house?

And then there's the question that matters most:

𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?

That's why we love private tours.

Not because we want to show you four walls and tell you how many chairs fit inside them.

We want you to experience the estate and start imagining what your day could actually look like here.

If The Caldwell House has been sitting somewhere on your wedding Pinterest board, browser tabs or saved Facebook posts...

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭. 🤍

📍 The Caldwell House | Abbeville, Louisiana
✨ Now booking 2026 & 2027 weddings

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09/04/2026

𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂 𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆… 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆. 🤍

Falling in love with a venue matters.

But before you sign the contract, make sure you understand what happens after you say yes.

A few questions every couple should ask:

🤍 Exactly what is included in the venue price?
Tables? Chairs? Linens? Setup? Cleanup? Coordination? Ask what's included—and what's an additional expense.

🤍 How many hours do we actually have the property?
Don't look only at reception time. Ask about getting ready, vendor arrival, setup, photographs and cleanup.

🤍 Who handles the setup and room transitions?
If your ceremony and reception use the same space, find out who is responsible for making that change happen.

🤍 What vendors will I still need to find myself?
A lower venue price can look very different once catering, bar service, rentals, cake, florals, entertainment and coordination are added.

🤍 Who is actually there on my wedding day?
Ask whether you'll have someone overseeing the property and helping keep everything moving—or whether you're essentially renting the space.

🤍 And one of the most overlooked questions: What happens if something doesn't go according to plan?

Rain happens. Timelines shift. Vendors run late.

You want to know there's a team capable of adjusting without making the problem your problem.

The prettiest venue isn't necessarily the right venue.

The right one should make you excited about your wedding and confident about everything required to make it happen. 🤍

— 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆
𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 • 𝑨𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆, 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒂

09/02/2026

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚. 🤍

It's the quiet hours before.

The dress hanging nearby.
Your favorite people coming in and out of the room.
Someone steaming a veil.
Someone else looking for the earrings you swear you put right there. 😅
The last few minutes before everything begins.

At The Caldwell House, your wedding day unfolds throughout an entire historic estate — not simply an event space you arrive at when it's time to walk down the aisle.

There are rooms to get ready in. Spaces to step away for a quiet moment. Beautiful corners for photographs. And overnight accommodations that allow the experience to extend beyond the celebration itself.

Because some of the memories you'll treasure most won't happen during the ceremony or reception.

They'll happen in the hours surrounding them. 🤍

✨ Now booking 2026 & 2027 weddings
📍 Downtown Abbeville, Louisiana

— 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆
𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆

08/29/2026

𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞.

And that's probably the biggest difference between simply renting a wedding venue and choosing a wedding experience at The Caldwell House.

Because after you find the perfect place, there are usually a dozen more things waiting for you.

Who's catering?

Who handles the bar?

Where are the tables, chairs and linens coming from?

Who's making the cake?

Have you booked the DJ? The florist? The officiant?

Who is coordinating all of these people on the wedding day?

At The Caldwell House, we've already brought those pieces together.

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦.
𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞.

Our Wedding Collections can bring together your venue, catering, bar, wedding cake, florals, DJ, officiant, tables, chairs, linens, setup, cleanup and coordination into one thoughtfully planned experience.

Because planning your wedding should leave room for actually 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝. 🤍

✨ Wedding Collections beginning at $4,995
🤍 Micro Wedding Collection beginning at $5,995
📅 Now booking 2026 & 2027

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞
Historic Estate • Abbeville, Louisiana

08/25/2026

𝗔 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱. 🤍

And more often than not, the timeline is the culprit.

A few mistakes engaged couples don't always think about until it's too late:

🤍 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 & 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘂𝗽. One delay early in the day can follow you all the way to the ceremony.

🤍 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝘁𝗼-𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. Getting dressed, first looks, portraits, family photos and travel between locations almost always take longer than they look on paper.

🤍 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀. Gathering 20 people who are visiting, talking and celebrating is a production all its own. 😉

🤍 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. Guests need time to move. Vendors need time to reset. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 need time to breathe.

🤍 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. You don't have to do something simply because everyone else does. Keep the moments that matter to you.

And perhaps the biggest one?

𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱.

Build in the extra 10 minutes. Give yourself the breathing room. Sit down. Eat the food. Hug your grandmother. Take five minutes alone with your new husband.

Months of planning go into a day that passes unbelievably fast.

𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁. 🤍

— 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲
𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 • 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦, 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢

08/21/2026

Before she was a wedding venue, she was simply 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹. 🤍

Built in 1907, this historic Abbeville estate has been standing for more than a century — through generations, celebrations, Sunday afternoons, quiet mornings on the porch, and countless stories we’ll never know.

And now, a new chapter is beginning.

Not one that erases what came before, but one that honors it.

We believe places like The Caldwell are meant to be lived in. Filled with music. Long tables and good food. Champagne glasses clinking in the courtyard. Families gathering on the porch. Brides walking through the gardens. People making memories inside these walls all over again.

As we dream about what’s next for The Caldwell, preserving the character and soul of this beautiful old estate matters just as much as creating something new.

Because the best historic places don’t simply remind us of the past.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 🤍

📍 Downtown Abbeville, Louisiana
✨ Weddings • Celebrations • Private Events • Overnight Stays
🤍 Private tours available

08/18/2026

Some places don't need much explaining. You just have to walk the garden path and imagine it. 🤍

The music drifting through the courtyard.
Glasses clinking under the warm glow of soft lighting.
Your favorite people gathered around the table.
And a 1907 historic estate becoming part of your story.

We're dreaming up some beautiful things for the gardens and courtyard at The Caldwell — spaces designed to feel less like a “venue” and more like an outdoor room made for your most special gatherings.

Historic. Intimate. A little romantic. Very Louisiana.

We can't wait for you to see what's coming.

📍 Downtown Abbeville, Louisiana
✨ Private tours available

08/17/2026

A beautiful wedding at The Caldwell House may be more attainable than you think. 🤍

For couples dreaming of something intimate, meaningful, and beautifully handled, our Micro Wedding Collection begins at $5,995.

Designed for a smaller guest list without sacrificing the experience, it's a lovely way to celebrate at one of Abbeville's most treasured historic estates, with all of the details already brought together for you.

Because intimate doesn't have to mean less. It can mean more time with the people you love. More intention in the details. More room to actually experience your wedding day. And a whole lot less stress trying to plan it all yourself.

✨ Micro Wedding Collection beginning at $5,995
🤍 Now booking 2026 & 2027 dates

See the full collection, what's included, and all of our wedding options at the link in the comments.

08/14/2026

Fully inclusive. Truly.

When we say we've made wedding planning easier at The Caldwell House, this is what we mean.

One beautiful historic estate, and one experience that brings together so much of what you'll need for your day:

🌿 Exclusive use of the estate, gardens, patio & pavilion
🍽️ Catering & wedding cake
🥂 Full bar service
💐 Florals
🎶 DJ
💍 Officiant
🤍 Tables, chairs & fine linens
✨ Coordination, setup & cleanup

Instead of separately sourcing and coordinating all of those pieces, we bring them together for you. One price. One team. A whole lot less for you to manage. And it all begins at $4,995.

Beautiful doesn't have to mean unattainable.

✨ Now booking 2026 & 2027.

Explore our Wedding Collections, see exactly what's included, and schedule your private tour at the link in the comments.

08/12/2026

Your whole wedding. One historic house. One team. One yes. 🤍

There are already enough decisions to make when you're planning a wedding.

Finding the venue. The caterer. The cake. The bar. The DJ. The florist. The officiant. The rentals. The coordinator...

What if you didn't have to piece it all together yourself?

At The Caldwell House, we've created wedding experiences designed to bring the details together for you, in one beautiful historic estate, with one team helping carry your day from your first tour to your last dance.

Less chasing vendors. Less coordinating moving pieces. More time actually enjoying the season you're in.

Because your wedding shouldn't feel like a second job. It should feel like your wedding.

✨ Now booking 2026 & 2027 weddings.

Explore our Wedding Collections and schedule your private tour using the link in the comments.

Address

105 E Vermilion Street
Abbeville, LA
70510

Telephone

+13372810807

Website

https://thecaldwell.com/

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