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Updated Oct 14, 202412 Small Wedding Venues in Indiana to Host Around 50 Guests
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If you're an Indiana couple planning a small wedding, you should consider yourself lucky to tie the knot in the Hoosier State. Why? Because there is truly an abundance of great small wedding venues in Indiana. You'll find these small wedding venues all around the state too, with plenty in the northern part of Indiana near South Bend as well as in central Indiana near Indianapolis. It doesn't matter what your style is either, because Indiana's small wedding venues run the gamut, from urban industrial spaces to rustic and rural barns to charming historical estates. So get ready to take the first step in your Indiana wedding planning journey and find your dream small venue here.
The Mill in Bloomington, Indiana
A coworking space might not immediately spring to mind when it comes to choosing a wedding venue, but The Mill in downtown Bloomington doubles as a gorgeous event hall for Indiana lovebirds. The Mill's main event room couldn't be more stunning with its exposed brick walls, century-old reclaimed wood floors, metal beams and tall ceilings, but there are other spaces to use for your wedding too. These include a daytime coffee bar turned nighttime cocktail lounge, a getting-ready suite and an outdoor brick patio.
Guest Capacity: Up to 130 guests
Gallery Forty-Two in Indianapolis, Indiana
For artsy couples who love vintage vibes, check out Gallery Forty-Two, an art gallery and event venue housed in Indianapolis's oldest commercial building. The downtown venue showcases art from the 19th and 20th centuries and also offers eight-hour event rentals of the entire gallery. The small wedding venue in Indianapolis, Indiana is full of cozy, character-filled corners, as well as two private getting-ready suites. Couples can also rearrange the locations of some of the gallery's sculptures and paintings to customize the setting even further.
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Guest Capacity: Up to 100 guests
The Barn at Mount Liberty in Nashville, Indiana
The Barn at Mount Liberty is pure pastoral perfection. The small rustic wedding venue in Indiana consists of a 19th-century barn in the countryside as well as a restored historical cabin for overnight guests. The barn venue hosts up to 100 for dinner and dancing and also has a string-lit outdoor patio that's ideal for al fresco ceremonies. The cabin, meanwhile, has three bedrooms, an expansive kitchen and a hot tub. Finally, equestrians rejoice—the venue has guest stables if you'd like to bring your horse along for the occasion.
Guest Capacity: Up to 100 guests
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home in Indianapolis, Indiana
This Victorian home, now a museum and wedding venue as well as a National Historic Landmark, couldn't be more charming. The James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home has a few different indoor areas for small celebrations of up to 50, as well as a landscape of lawns that accommodate up to 100 for a tented outdoor reception. The small intimate wedding venue in Indiana also has a separate visitors center, which is a newly built indoor-outdoor facility that accommodates up to 60 and was modeled after the home's original carriage house.
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Guest Capacity: Up to 100 guests
Emerson House in La Porte, Indiana
This sprawling private estate in Northwest Indiana is the perfect place to host a retreat-style wedding weekend with a small group of your nearest and dearest. Enjoy the home's lower-level spa facility, its close proximity to Lake Michigan and its peaceful prairie landscape (which also boasts a trampoline and tree swing) all weekend long. Cap it off by saying "I do" out on the grounds beneath weeping willows followed by drinks on the patio and an outdoor dinner party under twinkle lights. While Emerson House's event capacity is 70, the seven-bedroom home accommodates up to 16 guests overnight.
Guest Capacity: Up to 70 guests
Beiger Mansion Inn in Mishawaka, Indiana
It's all about antique opulence at Beiger Mansion Inn, an event space and bed-and-breakfast near South Bend that's listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The neoclassical mansion has several cozy spaces for your wedding day, including a music room, dining room, library and great hall with a grand staircase, all of which open to each other for easy event flow. The mansion's grounds also have several gorgeous gardens as well as a courtyard pool with a fountain. To top it all off, the small wedding venue in Indiana has a skilled on-site culinary team and seven guestrooms for overnighters.
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Guest Capacity: Up to 100 guests
Biddle Point Inn & Event Venue in Plymouth, Indiana
Biddle Point Inn & Event Venue has two connected modern event spaces: the lounge, which features a sprawling built-in bar and stone fireplace and seats up to 50, and the gallery, which is decorated with white wood paneled walls and a grand piano and seats 60. For larger parties, the lush lawn can also accommodate tented affairs, and the grounds also have gardens, a patio, fire pits and a white gazebo. The boutique inn has 15 rooms and is owned by a husband and wife duo.
Guest Capacity: Up to 100 guests
Hotel Indy in Indianapolis, Indiana
Host an urban mid-century-inspired soiree at Hotel Indy in downtown Indianapolis. The hotel offers six floors of space for wedding weekend events. Outside, you'll find options like a rooftop lounge with city views that seats up to 90 as well as a string-lit patio with brick accents that seats up to 65. As for indoor options, use the hotel's main event room which seats up to 60, or buy out the on-site restaurant, the Hulman, which seats 120.
Guest Capacity: Hotel restaurant: Up to 120 guests; rooftop lounge: 90; hotel: Up to 60 guests
5 East in Mooresville, Indiana
It's hard to believe that 5 East was ever a hardware store, but in a former life that's exactly what this industrial-chic venue was. Today the Indiana small wedding venue features the original hardwood floors, brick walls and 15-foot ceilings dressed up with chandeliers and thoughtful details. In addition to a getting-ready suite, 5 East has two different event venues. There's the Main Street room, which has glass bay doors that fill the space with light and can accommodate up to 100, as well as the Upper Room, which looks over downtown and fits up to 50.
Guest Capacity: Up to 100 guests
The Neidhammer in Indianapolis, Indiana
The Neidhammer is the ultimate small upscale industrial venue. The 1901 building has wood floors and exposed brick walls throughout its three floors. At the Neidhammer there's the Washington room, with its large windows and tin ceilings, which is perfect for a small ceremony, and the Grand Hamilton Theater, which boasts 25-foot ceilings and a stage for your reception band or DJ. The Neidhammer also offers micro-wedding packages for parties of up to 50, 35 or 15, as well as an elopement package for up to 10.
Guest Capacity: Up to 150 guests
Balmoral House in Fishers, Indiana
Balmoral House is a homey estate wedding venue and former family farm on 20 acres of lawns with trees, lavender fields, hydrangea and evergreens. Inside the house, you'll find Eaton Hall, an elegant room with a grand spiral staircase that accommodates 150, as well as the Celebration Hall, which has an impressive mahogany and granite bar for an indoor cocktail hour. Outside, there's a deck as well as a garden patio, each of which can be used for ceremonies, cocktail hours and receptions. Balmoral House also has a more intimate option on-site: Called the Cottage, the laid-back single-room space features high ceilings, a built-in bar, walls of windows and a wraparound deck.
Guest Capacity: Main house: Up to 150 guests; The Cottage: Up to 50 guests
Folktale Weddings and Events in Greenwood, Indiana
This colonial-style mansion sits on two acres in Greenwood and can seat up to 160 out on the grounds. Inside the 1826 colonial-style estate, Folktale Weddings and Events holds many intimate spaces for your nuptials. The main event room seats up to 60 and gives off a homey yet elegant feel with paneled white walls and a fireplace. Inside there are also two getting-ready suites and nine bedrooms for overnight guests.
Guest Capacity: Outdoors: Up to 160 guests; Indoors: Up to 60 guests
