Cheney Mansion 220 North Euclid • Oak Park • IL 60302

Booking Cheney Mansion in Oak Park gives you exclusive use of the first two floors of the house plus the grounds, including the lighted patio, the greenhouse and the woodland waterfall garden. Your rental also covers the furniture: 15 sixty-inch rounds, banquet tables, 14 highboys, a sweetheart table, and 150 mahogany and 150 white chairs, along with an audio system, microphone and podium. Outdoor events get a seasonal patio tent from spring through fall. You'll pay separately for your caterer, who also supplies linens and tableware, plus your alcohol and a $500 wedding security deposit.

Yes, you can marry and celebrate at Cheney Mansion without anyone leaving the property. Ceremonies happen either indoors in the Mansion or outdoors on the grounds, and your ceremony starts 30 minutes after your event time begins. Afterward, guests mingle on the lighted patio and in the greenhouse before dinner for up to 150 seated or 175 at a buffet. Your rehearsal is usually an hour, scheduled between 4:30 and 6:30pm before an event.

Yes, you can bring your own vendors to Cheney Mansion, including your caterer. The Mansion recommends eight caterers, including Catered By Design, Maya Del Sol and Zelda's Catering, and an outside caterer is allowed for an additional fee. You can buy alcohol through your caterer or bring your own, but only licensed catering staff can serve it. All food has to come from a licensed, insured food handler, so homemade dishes are out. DJs and bands follow the Mansion's music policy, with no subwoofers and no fog machines.

At Cheney Mansion in Oak Park, the wedding rental runs $2,800–8,000, and you hire your own caterer on top of that. From April 16 to December 31, a five-hour Saturday evening is $4,200, a Saturday full day is $8,000, and a four-hour Saturday morning is $2,800. From January 1 to April 15, Saturday evenings drop to $3,700 and full days to $7,500. Year-round, a four-hour Friday evening is $3,300 and a four-hour Sunday or a weekday is $2,900. Extra time is $400 an hour, and there's a $500 wedding security deposit. Oak Park residents and nonprofits get 15% off Monday through Thursday. Catering and alcohol are on top.

At Cheney Mansion, a Saturday evening wedding gets five hours, Friday and Sunday evenings get four, and full-day rentals are available too. You and your vendors can get in two hours before your start time, and extra hours are $400 each. Every event ends by 11pm, and indoor music stops at your scheduled end time. Outdoor music wraps at 10pm on Fridays, Saturdays and holiday-weekend Sundays, and at 9pm on other Sundays, when only minimal amplified music is allowed outside.

If rain rolls in on your wedding day at Cheney Mansion in Oak Park, the seasonal tent over the lighted patio keeps you covered. The tent has adjustable sides and comes with your rental for outdoor events. It goes up in early spring and comes down in late fall, depending on the weather. The patio sits right beside the greenhouse, which is where guests mingle during cocktail hour.

Cheney Mansion is a historic brick mansion styled like an English country estate, set on two acres in Oak Park's Historic District and run by the Park District of Oak Park. Your wedding gets exclusive use of the first two floors and the grounds, so the library, dining room, solarium, grand staircase, greenhouse and woodland waterfall garden are all yours. You can bring your own caterer and your own alcohol, served by licensed catering staff. There are separate getting-ready rooms for each of you, ready two hours before your event, and your ceremony and a seated dinner for up to 150 both happen on site.

Yes, Cheney Mansion has Petite Weddings for up to 50 guests, covering your ceremony and reception together. One price includes the venue, ceremony and catering by Premier Catering and Events, the exclusive partner for these weddings, plus exclusive use of the first floor, grounds, greenhouse and patio and planning help from the staff. Petite Weddings run Sunday through Thursday and on Saturday late mornings, with early access for photos. The Petite Wedding Reception starts at $7,000 for up to 50 guests on Sunday through Thursday dates.