Cuneo Mansion and Gardens Wedding | Sam AND ADAM | Chicago Wedding Photographer

Cuneo Mansion and Gardens Wedding | SAM & ADAM | Chicago Wedding Photographer

** Read this if you want to have your wedding here // The ownership of this property is in the process of being transferred to vernon hills from loyola by January 2026, so as a bride, I would wait until the new property ownership is settled before inquiring for your wedding day. the Vernon HIlls village board mentions that it should resolve by the closing on January 9th, 2026, and even then, waiting until they figure out how the management and staffing will be done after the ownership is established. They still plan on preserving the mansion for the community, so the building and gardens will still exist, it’s just waiting to see who to contact about renting this mansion for your wedding day in the future. Watch this Vernon HIlls Board Meeting to listen to the details of the ownership transfer, specifically from minutes 2-17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WjDEB7O5NI and here are some emails on the vernon hills website for asking any questions on a timeline for when they think the mansion will be ready for any renting out for events in the future https://www.vernonhills.org/Directory.aspx?DID=7 **

CUNEO MANSION IS A historic wedding venue just north of Chicago.

Sam and Adam were married in the beautiful, historic cuneo mansion and gardens. This mansion in Vernon Hills is designed in a Mediterranean style and features a stunning formal dining room with paintings on the ceiling and ornate historic details and windows throughout, a grand central hall that feels like a castle and a quaint private chapel. The mansion interior is filled with a collection of antique furniture, Renaissance paintings, historic tapestries and a lot of silver and porcelain objects that have remained within the mansion since the early 1900’s. Cuneo mansion was built in 1914 and was designed by architect Benjamin Marshall of Marshall & Fox, an architectural firm based in Chicago. He also designed a handful of other iconic chicago buildings like The Drake Hotel downtown, and THe Blackstone Hotel on Michigan Avenue. Cuneo Mansion was also the location of my best friends wedding, and that is just a sweet film to have your wedding day shared with.

sam started her wedding day morning getting ready with her best friends and family members and then arrived early at the mansion to have a few solo bridal portraits in the historic halls before having a first look with adam, at the mansion entrance. They decided to have their family photos and bridal party portraits ahead of their wedding ceremony, so that afterwards they could just head to the cocktail hour to spend the full time with all of their loved ones. Thier wedding ceremony was outside in the cuneo mansion gardens. It is a lovely space, that includes a pool, historic pillars and beautiful florals.

CUNEO MANSION and Gardens would be the perfect wedding venue for you if you love historical homes, unique archiTeCture and artful interiors.

After the ceremony, with the lovely soft pink Cuneo Mansion in the background, they had their cocktail hour on the back terrace of the mansion with musicians, a champagne tower, plated hors d'oeuvres and lots of catching up with everyone. During this time are some of the loveliest moments captured of really excited emotions as everyone is hugging the bride and groom for the first time after saying I do.

After cocktail hour on the Cuneo Mansion Garden terrace, everyone headed into the grand dining room where there was one long table that was covered in candles for every wedding guest to sit around together. It was such a magical and romantic setting for their wedding dinner. After the dinner there was a live band in the central hall for endless dancing and a designer making permanent jewelry for all of the guests. Again, I always say how I’m not the best writer, but I truly feel like you’ll be able to feel how sweet the atmosphere was on this wedding day by perusing the images below. Cheers to communicating with images over words. X

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Wedding Venue // Cuneo Mansion & Gardens @loyola_cuneomansion
Photography // Melody Joy @melodyjoyco
Wedding Film // @poeticacinema with Symboll @symboll
MUA & Hair // Jazzy Beauty @_jazzybeauty5 @itshairbynina
Catering // Chic Chef Catering @chicchefcatering
Cake // Flores Cupcakery @florescupcakery
Band // Blue Water Kings Band @bluewaterkingsband
Violinist // Tony Radzik @itstony_violin
Photo Booth // Elemnt Photo Booth Co. @elemntphotoboothco
Illustrator // Kaitlyn Dornbier @kdornbier
Permanent Jewelry // Kalina Co. Jewelry @kalinacojewelry
Wedding Dress // Galia Lahav @galialahav
Reception Dress // Taller Marmo @tallermarmo
Alterations // Fifi’s Bridal & Custom Tailoring @fifisbridal_customtailoring
Groom’s Tux // Suit Supply @suitsupply
Groomsmen Tux // The Black Tux @theblacktux
Day-of Coordinator // Simply Elegant @simplyelegantxo

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