Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Rose Garden Center for the Arts, Republic

Wedding photos at the Rose Garden Center for the Arts in Republic are framed by stained glass. The building began life as a Catholic church, and its windows and paintings are still in place, along with the pews and pipe organ, so your wedding ceremony in the Catherine Kelly Auditorium has the warmth of an old parish church with a stage at the front. Your photographer and videographer can use the colored glass along the walls and the long aisle between the pews for the processional and your first walk back as a married couple.

You can hold both parts of the day here. The auditorium is rented for ceremonies and performances, and Marella Hall, in the same building, can be arranged for dinners and receptions, with the tables, seating and decor set up to suit you. You can rent either space or both together, so guests only walk from one room to the other after the vows.

Music is the auditorium's quiet strength. Besides the stage, it has a Steinway B semi-concert grand piano and a historic pipe organ with five ranks of pipes and its original ivory keys, voiced for this room and warm rather than overpowering. That makes clear, pleasant sound for your wedding video. Tell the nonprofit that runs the building what you're planning and the date you have in mind, and it will confirm availability and any arrangements your wedding day needs. Republic is in Fayette County, south of Pittsburgh.

• Send a rental inquiry or call (724) 246-4990 to check your date.
• Ask about using the organ or piano for your ceremony music.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines in the auditorium and hall.

A little about the Rose Garden Center for the Arts

The building opened in 1924 as Holy Rosary Church and closed as a church in 2014. In 2023 more than a hundred donors helped save it, and it now serves as a secular arts center that keeps the church's glass and its 1927 organ in place.