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did you get married at barr mansion? it's gone. :(

well, the ballroom anyway. the artisan ballroom was struck by lightening this morning.

http://news8austin.com/content/local_news/271671/lightning-strike-sparks-fire-in-barr-mansion-ballroom

such a loss for austin! and the 3 weddings that were scheduled to happen there this weekend...

Re: did you get married at barr mansion? it's gone. :(

  • whoa, that's CRAZY! 

    man, I'd be hyperventilating if I was one of those brides.  me = one big stress ball when it came to planning our wedding.

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  • It was on our short list.  How sad. 
  • DH and I got married there. I'm a little broken up over this. I know it was just a place, but I can't help thinking of the wonderful people that helped us plan our wedding there. We used all their services: the flowers, the food, the wedding coordinator. My prayers go out to them. 

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  • It was on our short list too, I loved that place!  :(  I hope they can rebuild!
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    DH and I got married there. I'm a little broken up over this. I know it was just a place, but I can't help thinking of the wonderful people that helped us plan our wedding there. We used all their services: the flowers, the food, the wedding coordinator. My prayers go out to them. 

    This.  We were married there.  Our anniversary is coming up in a couple of weeks. 

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  • I photographed a wedding there on Friday night. It is such a huge loss! I am really going to miss it. Barr Mansion has always been my favorite place to photograph weddings.

     Ohhh so sad. 

  • This just breaks my heart. We were married there almost 3 years ago, and Barr Mansion is such a magical place. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it. I feel so bad for the McAfees; they are such wonderful people, and they've created an incredible place for weddings and other events. I hope they are able to rebuild. It really is a terrible loss to the Austin community.
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  • It's so sad.  My heart goes out to all the brides and other event organizers who had things going on there as well as the family that owns it.  I hope they are able to rebuild.
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  • I got married to my first husband there, a few months after the ballroom was completed. I can't say I feel pain deep in my heart that it's gone but it does make me sad for all the brides who had plans there and won't be able to fulfill them. Although my marriage came to a sad end, I have nothing but wonderful things to say about the people who run that place and how magical my day looked and felt even almost 10 years later.

     Perhaps a good way to say "I'm sorry" would be for past brides to send really great pictures of the place inside and out to the owners. With landmarks like that there often aren't as many pictures in the hands of the owners as you might think.

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  • WHOA! That is so awful! The first wedding I was ever in was there ( I was 4), and it was on our short list, too! I hope they can recover from this, as the Barr Mansion is truly a wedding landmark.
  • My sister is close friends with the owners' daughter.  What sad news!
  • My sister is close friends with the owners' daughter.  What sad news!
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