Lehmann Mansion
485 N Milwaukee Ave, Lake Villa, IL
About This Vendor
Charming Mansion for Weddings and Receptions
Located in Chicago, IL, Lehmann Mansion is the perfect venue for the wedding celebration of your dreams. Boasting a rich history and rustic charm, this magnificent mansion provides a magical backdrop for your fairytale wedding. Your family and friends will be mesmerized by the grandeur of this century-old mansion. This large venue has several indoor and outdoor setups for your ceremony and reception. In the event of bad weather, outdoor coverings are available. With a capacity of 300 guests, this beautifully renovated landmark is ideal for a celebration of any size. It features ample restrooms, charming dressing rooms, impressive gardens, and a stunning water fountain. It is also home to a year-round tent that is fully air-conditioned in summer and heated during the winter months. The team at Lehmann Mansion invites you to put your spin on the venue and decorate it to your preferences. This charming building is available for civil, interfaith, religious, and non-religious weddings. They also cater to second weddings, vow renewals, and commitment ceremonies. The team at Lehmann Mansion offers setup services and an event planner to ensure your wedding day runs smoothly. They provide a selection of event rentals and equipment, including linens, tables, and chairs for a stylish and elegant reception area. Exclusive catering and beverage packages are available. They also provide a wedding cake, a professional team of service staff, and a wheelchair-accessible facility. This expansive event space is also suitable for your cocktail reception and engagement party. This spectacular venue ensures that you and your loved ones will celebrate your wedding day in style.
Amenities + Details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Ceremony Types
Civil Union, Commitment Ceremony, Interfaith Ceremony, Non-Religious Ceremony, Religious Ceremony, Second Wedding , Vow Renewal Ceremony
Guest Capacity
Up to 300
Settings
Ballroom, Estate, Garden, Historic Venue, Tented, Trees
Venue Service Offerings
Bar & Drinks, Cakes & Desserts, Cupcakes, Other Desserts, Food & Catering, Rentals & Equipment, Service Staff
Lehmann Mansion Reviews
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I can’t say enough about how wonderful The Lehmann Mansion is and what a great team they have on staff. Jay was a main point of contact and he made everything easy, he delivered on everything we asked, and made our day flawless! The location, f...
ood, accommodations, service all deserve 5-stars. Thank you so much for making our day absolutely perfect!
My wedding isn't until next year, but Jay has been great throughout the planning process! He always answers my emails quickly and is very flexible. I'm so excited to see everything come together!
Hurricane Ian ruined our plans 10 days before our wedding. Jay and his team at Lehman worked fast and made our dream wedding come true in 10 short days! The food was fantastic, and the venue was absolutely beautiful!! They are fantastic to work...
with!! Highly recommend The Lehman Mansion for all your events!!
We didn't end up picking this venue for our wedding but I just wanted to write a review and put it in a good word for them. Jay was extremely helpful, friendly, and communicative in answering our questions and giving us customized quotes. Havin...
g nice people to corrospond with definitely helps ease wedding planning stress!
We recently had our wedding here on 9/22/18 and everything was perfect!! The tent is beautiful, the grounds are stunning & Doreen was a pleasure to work with. All of our guests were wowed & we wouldn’t change a thing! We highly recommend this v...
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The Lehmann Mansion is a great venue and our wedding there was amazing! The venue itself is so beautiful as is so it requires very little additional decoration (which helps save a little money!). They have several different options for ceremony...
locations both outdoors and indoors. We had planned on having an outdoor ceremony but had to move it indoor due to weather and I'm so happy we did. We had the ceremony in the living room of the mansion and it ended up being SO BEAUTIFUL! I would highly recommend it, even if the weather is nice. Doreen (the coordinator) was also a pleasure to work with and was very accommodating to all of our unique/custom needs. The tent for the reception was great. It looked amazing (we chose to have the strings lights in the ceiling for our wedding which I recommend) and was not too hot for a wedding on 09/01 which I was a little worried about. And the photos we got in and around the mansion were amazing! I would highly recommend this venue for a wedding.
We had the wedding of our dreams here! The venue is absolutely beautiful! If you are looking for something more unique, look no further! The staff was amazing, they made everything so easy! Doreen was great to work with. She answered all of ou...
r questions, and helped with our concerns. The food was very good! They were very accommodating! All of our guests still talk about the beautiful venue!
I cannot say enough great things about Lehmann Mansion. Not only is the space absolutely GORGEOUS, the people you get to work with are incredible. Eddie and Mary did everything shy of moving a mountain to help make our day perfect. 2 month...
s before our wedding, we decided to change venues. I called Eddie Bauer in a frenzy, asking for help, hoping he could somehow squeeze our wedding in. Sure enough, within hours I had a phone call from Mary calming me down, and making me believe this wedding was not only going to happen, but be better than I originally planned. For the first time in over a year, I felt like someone was on my side and wanted us to have the perfect day. Mary and Eddie made our wedding day a dream come true. My husband and I wanted to have an assortment of Greek and Italian desserts, so Eddie met with multiple bakers to sample their desserts until he found the perfect baker with the right price. Mary and I were in constant contact from the moment we booked until our big day, and even after. She really felt more like a wedding planner and friend than anything else. We were married on 4/28/18 and still get feedback from our guests that the staff, venue, and food were wonderful. Our drinks were never empty, nobody could tell there were any issues (myself included), the food portions were huge (and delicious!), and the staff was so sweet and helpful. At one point the staff even came out and joined us on the dance floor! Mary, Eddie, and the entire team at Lehmann Mansion felt more like family the day of, which only made it even more special. I feel so lucky to have found Lehmann Mansion and the Bauer Catering family/staff.
The most beautiful venue, but I echo sentiments below. To have to pay for a minimum of 125-150 and not be able to make up for it with upgrades is unfortunate. My 100ish guest wedding will probably cost more with all the upgrades than a 125+ gue...
st wedding. Bauer's is phenomenal, but it seems like most of these policies are coming from the Village of Lake Villa & they are not very flexible with some of them.
This place may be beautiful, but the minimum guest counts are unfortunate. A beautiful mansion would be the perfect setting for our small intimate wedding of 85. To have to pay for 125-150 guests is not worth it.
Our daughter's wedding was at Lehmann Mansion in Lake Villa, Illinois on October 1, 2016. Our guests had a wonderful time and are still talking about the Mansion as it is a beautiful, unique, historical Venue! The permanent white tent which i...
s attached to the Mansion is also beautiful with a white fabric draped material on the ceiling and historical chandeliers which creates a romantic ambience! It's truly a hidden gem! Our cocktail hour with served hors d'oeuvres was on the entire first floor of the historical Mansion where our guests could roam from room to room and in the adjoining courtyard. Then our guests were escorted into the attached permanent tent for their sit down plated dinner and dancing!
We had a wonderful experience from beginning to end! Doreen Johnson helped to make our experience memorable in every way! Doreen was wonderful to work with and attended to every detail! She was always available and made sure our event ran smoothly!
Eddie Bauer was the Caterer who provided delicious hors d'oeuvres, entree's and late night snacks! The presentation was beautiful as well! Eddie was very nice and accommodating! He has a great selection to choose from.
The entire Staff was wonderful! They are all very friendly, knowledgeable and professional!
We couldn't have been more pleased with our daughter and son-in-law's wedding at Lehmann Mansion!
Choosing the Lehmann Mansion as our reception venue was a great decision. We looked at many different venues in the suburbs, but the day we pulled up to the mansion we knew this was it. Our on site coordinator Doreen was extremely helpful from ...
day one with our large guest list, a 9 piece band, and all the little details in between. Our per plate cost covered the cocktail hour appetizers, open bar, salad, dinner, cake, linens, uplighting in the tent, and obviously the facility. We also had some optional add ons including a hotdog cart as a late night snack. The food was terrific and all the staff were so helpful and kind. We loved being the only wedding there. I wanted to be able to just show up for the reception with nothing to worry about and Doreen and her team made that possible. I would highly recommend the Lehmann Mansion!
Best of both worlds! Outside wedding in August inside reception with air conditioning! The place was beautiful. I could have not asked for better catering, staff, location, etc. the grounds are expertly maintained. The place is clean and brigh...
t!!!! They even waited out the weather to the very last minute. I got my outdoor wedding!!!!!! It was fabulous!
Had a summer wedding reception with 150 people. The afternoon/evening was beyond amazing. Well worth the money. I do not regret one thing!
I loved that this venue provided all the seating, linens, had a preferred cake provider, caterer, etc. All we basically had to do was select what we wanted without shopping around. They were responsive and very helpful with questions. The house...
is really pretty and there are lots of opportunities for pictures. We just did the reception here but the grounds would be perfect for holding the ceremony too! The tent was a much nicer setting than Cuneo (which we also checked out). They also provide gluten-free and vegetarian meals which I appreciated as someone with Celiacs. The cake vendor also provided a delicious cake option too that was gluten-free!
This venue was exactly what we were looking for. Everything happens in one place (ceremony & reception). Everyone that works there is very kind and helpful. The food is delicious and the grounds and tent were beautiful.
We picked this because they are different from your typical "wedding factory". You get the whole run of the mansion and it is both elegant and classy. The bridal suite and bridal party dressing rooms on the top floor were both roomy and private...
. This place also has lots of places for guests to go and explore so this is anything but boring. This is TRULY a wonderful venue and I would recommend to anyone.
Wonderful Venue! The mansion and grounds are beautiful, the tent is spacious and also very nice. Very Pricey, could only afford it because my dad went to high school with the caterer.
The classic look and feel, created perfect ambiance and mood for our ultra formal wedding
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485 N Milwaukee Ave, Lake Villa, IL
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