Information for Vendors

We want to make it we easy for you to work at Chase Court! Here is vendor-specific information to make your experience as smooth and easy as possible!

Caterers
Photographers
Musicians and DJs
Florists
Officiants
Rental Companies
Alcohol and Other Deliveries

Questions? Contact David at (410) 727-1112 or via e-mail.

The Catering Kitchen

The Library

Photographers: Note this natural group shot background in the Garden.

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Chase Court is the perfect location for your event.
Here are the
Ten Reasons to have your next event at Chase Court.

Call David at
(410) 727-1112
to schedule a site visit.

>>> Specific Information for CATERERS
Load-in/delivery begins three hours prior to the event start. Please call Chase Court well in advance to arrange for the delivery and pick up of your rentals.

Catering Kitchen Load-In and Load-Out
The Catering Kitchen has a separate entrance which opens onto Lovegrove Street, the alley street that runs between Biddle and Chase Streets. Lovegrove is a one way street running south, entered off of Biddle, which itself is one way running east. (See the map.) You can generally park a truck snug to the back of Chase Court for the duration of the event. Note that there are several steep stairs to climb, so dollying in is not possible. Please come to the Chase Street entrance and ring the doorbell, or call (410) 727-1112 when you arrive to have the Catering Kitchen opened.

Catering load-in MUST use the Lovegrove Street entrance.

The Catering Kitchen is equipped with a utility sink, triple stainless sink, and enough room for two eight-foot tables and one six-foot table. There are three separate 20 amp. circuits.

Rules and Regulations
Please note that you and your client are contractually bound to honor the Chase Court Rules and Regulations.

Candles
Candle use MUST COMPLY with the Chase Court Rules and Regulations.

Alcohol
If you intend to dispense alcohol you MUST HAVE a copy of your current Baltimore City or State Liquor License on file at Chase Court. A State certified, trained service person must be on the premises while alcohol is being served, and must dispense it. Fax copies of licenses and certifications to (410) 727-6824.

Alcoholic beverage service MUST ALWAYS be discontinued at least 30 minutes prior to the end of the event.

Recycling
With the advent of single-stream recycling in the City of Baltimore, we are now able to recycle glass, metal, plastic (marked 1-7) and clean paper, all in the same container. Chase Court provides large yellow recycling bins for your use at the bar and in the kitchen. Bottles and cans do not have to be rinsed to be recycled. A separate pour-bucket is nice but not required.

With the exception of beverage containers, food waste is NOT acceptable for recycling. Here is the city's sample list:
Unacceptable Recycling Material (Examples): plastic grocery bags, wire hangers, contaminated paper and cardboard, waxed packages (juice boxes, etc.), paper napkins, towels, plates and tissues, plastic cookware or plates, yogurt/cottage cheese/margarine tubs, plastic utensils, dry cleaning bags, foil, waxed paper, deli or takeout cartons, foam or plastic packaging material, bottles or cans used for toxic substances.

Full recycling bins can be placed outside on our 'back porch' for city pickup.

Getting to Chase Court
Directions and a map to Chase Court are available here. Please review the map and directions unless you have been here recently. The street address is not enough! Please use our directions! DO NOT USE MAPQUEST. Mapquest will not give you easy, accurate directions. Please use ours!

Use the Chase Street entrance for load-in and delivery. Note that the City of Baltimore vigorously enforces their parking regulations. Please park carefully. Parking on Chase Street is free on Saturday and Sunday.

Parking
Parking is available across the street in the PMI Garage on Charles Street (next to the Belvedere), at the surface lot just south of Chase Street off of St. Paul or Lovegrove Street, and at many metered and non-metered street spaces throughout the neighborhood. (Biddle Street usually has lots of spaces available.) Paid parking in Mt. Vernon is considerably less expensive than Downtown or in the Inner Harbor.

Do NOT park in the lot adjacent to Chase Court off of Lovegrove Street. This lot is not ours and is aggressively towed.

Questions? Contact David at (410) 727-1112 or via e-mail.
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>>> Specific Information for PHOTOGRAPHERS
Chase Court is a wedding photographer's dream come true! There are many excellent indoor and outdoor vantage points for photography, including the balcony in the Ballroom and the raised entry in the Bride's Room. The fleur-de-lis-topped iron gates, many flower gardens, wisteria-covered pergula, and Gothic Revival stone building provides excellent backgrounds.

The Bride's Room has excellent natural lighting, including two south-facing skylights. The Ballroom has large south-facing windows glazed with translucent (but not transparent), diamond leaded-glass. In the evening the light levels in the Ballroom are considerably lower than in the daytime.

You may use the balcony over the entrance to the Catering Kitchen for making images of guests in the Ballroom. Access is via a ladder in the Catering Kitchen. It's helpful to let the caterer know early-on in the event if you plan to use the balcony so they can keep a clear path for you. You'll want at least a 17 mm lens, and a 14 mm to if you want to shoot the room side to side.

Photographers may not step into any of the flower beds or walk along the gray timbers at any time, for any reason.

The top of the cabinet across from the coat hooks off the foyer makes a great at-the-ready stash space for your equipment.

Please plan to arrive no earlier than two hours prior to the event start.

Videographers
Please note, you MAY NOT use a constant light in the Ballroom.

Load-In and Load-Out
Load-in is from the street on Chase or St. Paul Street, depending on where you find parking. It is generally not a good idea to double park on either street. You will need a dolly for heavy equipment, since it is 75 feet minimum to the building, and you will need to go up three steps to the door. It is NOT possible to load-in from the parking lot adjacent to the building. Note that the City of Baltimore vigorously enforces their parking regulations. Please park carefully. Parking on Chase Street is free on Saturday and Sunday.

Getting to Chase Court
Directions and a map to Chase Court are available here. Please review the map and directions unless you have been here recently. The street address is not enough! Please use our directions! DO NOT USE MAPQUEST. Mapquest will not give you easy, accurate directions. Please use ours!

Parking
Parking is available across the street in the PMI Garage on Charles Street (next to the Belvedere), at the surface lot just south of Chase Street off of St. Paul or Lovegrove Street, and at many metered and non-metered street spaces throughout the neighborhood. Paid parking in Mt. Vernon is considerably less expensive than Downtown or in the Inner Harbor.

Do NOT park in the lot adjacent to Chase Court off of Lovegrove Street. This lot is not ours and is aggressively towed.

Questions? Contact David at (410) 727-1112 or via e-mail.
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>>> Specific Information for MUSICIANS AND DJs
Please plan to arrive no earlier than two hours prior to the event start in order to allow the caterer to set up the room. If you expect to be arriving less than 30 minutes before the start of the event, plan to load in through the kitchen.

An eight-foot covered table is generally provided for DJs. If you need more or different tables, please be in touch with your client or Chase Court WELL BEFORE the event.

Musicians and DJs typically set up in the northeast corner of the Ballroom, diagonally facing into the room. The doors behind lead to storage and can be blocked. The fireplace is frequently used, so equipment should not be placed in front of it.

A floorplan is available here.

The acoustics in the Ballroom are excellent. Most of the time, sound reinforcement is not required for bands.

Power
There are two 20-amp circuits available for your use. We have installed a PS Audio Power Port electrical receptacle as your prime receptacle to help you provide the best possible sound.

Rules and Regulations
Please note that you and your client are contractually bound to honor the Chase Court Rules and Regulations.

Load-In and Load-Out
Load-in is from the street on Chase or St. Paul Street, depending on where you find parking. Chase Street is the easier way. It is generally not a good idea to double park on either street. YOU WILL NEED A LARGE-DIAMETER-WHEELED DOLLY, since it is 75 feet (minimum) up the BRICKWALK to the building, and you will need to go up three steps to the door. It is NOT possible to load-in from the parking lot adjacent to the building. Note that the City of Baltimore vigorously enforces their parking regulations. Please park carefully. Most parking on Chase Street is free on Saturday and Sunday.

Getting to Chase Court
Directions and a map to Chase Court are available here. Please review the map and directions unless you have been here recently. The street address is not enough! Please use our directions! DO NOT USE MAPQUEST. Mapquest will not give you easy, accurate directions. Please use ours!

Parking
Parking is available across the street in the PMI Garage on Charles Street (next to the Belvedere), at the surface lot just south of Chase Street off of St. Paul or Lovegrove Street, and at many metered and non-metered street spaces throughout the neighborhood. Paid parking in Mt. Vernon is considerably less expensive than Downtown or in the Inner Harbor.

Do NOT park in the lot adjacent to Chase Court off of Lovegrove Street. This lot is not ours and is aggressively towed.

Questions? Contact David at (410) 727-1112 or via e-mail.
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>>> Specific Information for FLORISTS
Please plan to arrive no earlier than two hours prior to the event start in order to allow the caterer to place, cover, and set up the tables and chairs. The maximum set-up time allowed is three hours prior to the event. Set-up time exceeding three hours and/or break-down time exceeding one hour (immediatly following the event) is charged to the Client at the rate of $250 per hour or portion thereof.

All floral arrangements must be picked up or taken with the bridal party at the end of the evening. Chase Court is often happy to accept your leftover arrangements to display during the following week for the benefit of our prospective brides and grooms, providing such arrangements are in containers and easy to move.

Please plan to bring your own ladders if you plan to work on the chandeliers, pergula, or wreath position over the fireplace (Note: there is NO mantle over the fireplace).
A six-foot ladder is adequate to reach the wreath position and is the minimum size required to reach the chandeliers.

Please note that anything affixed to the chandeliers MUST BE REMOVED BY THE FLORIST immediately following the end of the event.

You are responsible for keeping the floor dry and clear of debris during set-up. Chase Court will provide a mop and broom for that purpose.

Anything affixed to the pergula MUST BE REMOVED BY THE FLORIST immediately following the end of the event.

Loose flower pedals may not be used in the Ballroom, the LIbrary, the Foyer or anywhere else in the building, since they stain our floors. They are fine to use outside in the garden.

A floorplan is available here.

Rules and Regulations
Please note that you and your client are contractually bound to honor the Chase Court Rules and Regulations. Of particular note to florists are the following:

>>>Nothing may be affixed to the premises, including the walls, woodwork, doors, and windows, by means of nails, screws, tacks, pins, tape, or any other marking or marring
medium.

Candles
Candle use MUST COMPLY with the Chase Court Rules and Regulations.

When in doubt about a candle container, use the fire department's ten-second test: Light the candle and place a piece of tissue over the top of the candle. If the tissue takes no less than ten seconds to light, it is an acceptable container, provided it otherwise meets the Chase Court Rules and Regulations.

Clean-up by Chase Court of candle wax dripped on the floor will be charged to the Client at the rate of $150 per hour or portion thereof.

Load-In and Load-Out
Load-in is from the street on Chase or St. Paul Street, depending on where you find parking. It is generally not a good idea to double park on either street. YOU WILL NEED A LARGE-DIAMETER-WHEELED DOLLY, since it is 75 feet minimum to the building, and you will need to go up three steps to the door. It is NOT possible to load-in from the parking lot adjacent to the building.

Getting to Chase Court
Directions and a map to Chase Court are available here. Please review the map and directions unless you have been here recently. The street address is not enough! Please use our directions! DO NOT USE MAPQUEST. Mapquest will not give you easy, accurate directions. Please use ours!

Use the Chase Street entrance for load-in and delivery. Note that the City of Baltimore vigorously enforces their parking regulations. Please park carefully. Parking on Chase Street is free on Saturday and Sunday.

Parking
Parking is available across the street in the PMI Garage on Charles Street (next to the Belvedere), at the surface lot just south of Chase Street off of St. Paul or Lovegrove Street, and at many metered and non-metered street spaces throughout the neighborhood. Paid parking in Mt. Vernon is considerably less expensive than Downtown or in the Inner Harbor.

Do NOT park in the lot adjacent to Chase Court off of Lovegrove Street. This lot is not ours and is aggressively towed.

Questions? Contact David at (410) 727-1112 or via e-mail.
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>>> Specific Information for OFFICIANTS

Most ceremonies take place under the pergula in the Garden. The openness of the Garden and the sometimes-active Saint Paul Street behind it call for good vocal projection. If you are at all in doubt about being heard, consider using a PA system. Please also instruct guest readers to speak loudly and slowly.

Guests gather around the front and side of the pergula. It's usually a good idea to begin by asking them to move closer to the pergula.

Attendants must be positioned along the back wall and left-back (garden side) of the pergula in order to provide open sight lines for the guests to see you and the bride and groom.

Rehearsals
Rehearsals are usually scheduled for the Thursday or Friday evening prior to the event. While most ceremonies are planned for the Garden, it's generally a good idea to plan for a back-up ceremony in the Ballroom (or Library for groups of under 25 people).

Getting to Chase Court
Directions and a map to Chase Court are available here. Please review the map and directions unless you have been here recently. The street address is not enough! Please use our directions! DO NOT USE MAPQUEST. Mapquest will not give you easy, accurate directions. Please use ours!

Use the Chase Street entrance for load-in and delivery. Note that the City of Baltimore vigorously enforces their parking regulations. Please park carefully. Parking on Chase Street is free on Saturday and Sunday.

Parking
Parking is available across the street in the PMI Garage on Charles Street (next to the Belvedere), at the surface lot just south of Chase Street off of St. Paul or Lovegrove Street, and at many metered and non-metered street spaces throughout the neighborhood. Paid parking in Mt. Vernon is considerably less expensive than Downtown or in the Inner Harbor.

Do NOT park in the lot adjacent to Chase Court off of Lovegrove Street. This lot is not ours and is aggressively towed.

Questions? Contact David at (410) 727-1112 or via e-mail.
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>>> Specific Information for RENTAL COMPANIES

Delivery Times
Delivery and pick up times must be specifically arranged with Chase Court. Please call David at (410) 727-1112 to make or verify that these arrangements have been made. We accept rental deliveries after 10 AM.

Rules and Regulations
Please note that you and your client are contractually bound to honor the Chase Court Rules and Regulations.

Getting to Chase Court
Directions and a map to Chase Court are available here. Please review the map and directions unless you have been here recently. The street address is not enough! Please use our directions! DO NOT USE MAPQUEST. Mapquest will not give you easy, accurate directions. Please use ours!

Load-In and Load-Out
Use the Lovegrove Street (catering kitchen) entrance for load-in and out. Lovegrove Street is the alley street that runs between Biddle and Chase Streets. Lovegrove is a one-way street running south, entered from Biddle Street, which itself is one way running east. (See the map.) You can generally park a truck snug to the back of Chase Court. Note that there are several steep stairs to climb, so dollying in is not possible.

Call (410) 727-1112 when you arrive or come to the Chase Street entrance and ring the doorbell to have the Catering Kitchen opened.

>>> Specific Information for ALCOHOL AND OTHER DELIVERIES

Delivery Times
Deliveries may be made within three hours of the event start time. Please call David at (410) 727-1112 to verify the event start time.

Alcohol is generally delivered directly into the Library.

Rules and Regulations
Please note that you and your client are contractually bound to honor the Chase Court Rules and Regulations.

Getting to Chase Court
Directions and a map to Chase Court are available here. Please review the map and directions unless you have been here recently. The street address is not enough! Please use our directions! DO NOT USE MAPQUEST. Mapquest will not give you easy, accurate directions. Please use ours!

Load-In
Load-in is from the street on Chase or St. Paul Street, depending on where you find parking. Chase Street is the easier way. It is generally not a good idea to double park on either street. YOU WILL NEED A LARGE-DIAMETER-WHEELED DOLLY, since it is 75 feet (minimum) up the BRICKWALK to the building, and you will need to go up three steps to the door. It is NOT possible to load-in from the parking lot adjacent to the building. Note that the City of Baltimore vigorously enforces their parking regulations. Please park carefully. Most parking on Chase Street is free on Saturday and Sunday.