Glessner House Museum

Have your special day at a special place—Glessner House Museum! Glessner House Museum invites you...

Have your special day at a special place—Glessner House Museum!

Glessner House Museum invites you to experience a gracious venue steeped in Chicago history. Tucked away in the Prairie Avenue Historic District on Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood, Glessner House provides a distinctive alternative to hotels and banquet halls. The Museum is one of Chicago's most distinctive wedding venues, and also offers rental space for corporate events, meetings, and private parties. A variety of unique spaces help make Glessner House Museum ideal for your event.

A National Historic Landmark, Glessner House was designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson and completed in 1887. It remains an internationally-known architectural treasure in Chicago. A radical departure from traditional Victorian architecture, the structure served as an inspiration to the young Frank Lloyd Wright and helped reform domestic architecture.