Nashville’s historic buildings and converted churches combine distinctive architecture with convenient access to downtown hotels, restaurants, and other amenities.<\/p>\n Several also include features such as kitchens, in-house AV, and valet parking, though what’s included varies by venue. Here are the historic Nashville venues worth adding to your tour list.<\/p>\n The Cordelle<\/a>, at 45 Lindsley Ave in East Nashville, packs four separate spaces onto one property: an interior room, a covered patio, and an open courtyard. A couple who wants a ceremony in one setting and a reception in another can get both without changing addresses. The venue’s own site doesn’t publish a per-space capacity breakdown, and third-party listings disagree with each other on the numbers, so don’t plan your guest list around any figure you find online. Ask the venue which combination of spaces your quote covers and what each one seats.<\/p>\n Vendor load-in timing looks different for the courtyard than for the interior room, so map out that schedule with your caterer and florist before booking either space alone.<\/p>\n The Bridge Building<\/a> has stood on the Cumberland River since 1908, and its 2 Victory Ave address puts couples right on the downtown riverfront with skyline views on both sides of the water. Using every indoor and outdoor space, the venue’s own site lists capacity up to 1,200 guests, among the largest numbers in downtown Nashville, with 350 as the seated-dinner figure. Couples planning a large standing reception should ask how many of those spaces are covered in case of rain, since the higher figure leans heavily on outdoor square footage.<\/p>\n A reception at that scale also needs enough bar stations to avoid long lines, so find out whether bar staffing is included or comes from an approved outside vendor list.<\/p>\n Photo from thebridgebuilding.com<\/a><\/p>\n Built in 1874 as a church, The Bell Tower<\/a> at 400 4th Ave S keeps its exposed beams and vaulted ceiling while adding modern AV<\/a> and a full on-site kitchen most historic conversions skip.<\/p>\n Having a working kitchen on-site changes the catering conversation from the start: instead of coordinating outside kitchen tents, the venue’s own space handles food prep. A full kitchen on-site raises one more question worth settling early: whether the venue requires an exclusive caterer or lets an outside chef use the space.<\/p>\n Clementine Hall’s<\/a> capacity number depends entirely on which room and layout you book. The restored 1889 church at 4710 Charlotte Ave in Sylvan Park seats 300 for a ceremony in theater-style rows, 200 for a seated dinner in Adelaide Hall, or up to 450 for a reception-style event using the full building. Nashville’s mansion and estate venues pair historic architecture with expansive grounds, giving planners options for both indoor and outdoor celebrations. The three properties below offer outdoor ceremony spaces, though capacities and weather backup options vary by venue.<\/p>\n Riverwood Mansion has hosted weddings from its Greek Revival columns and gardens at 1833 Welcome Lane for more than 20 years, long enough that the venue’s coordinators have likely worked with most of Nashville’s photographers, florists, and caterers already. Capacity tops out at 300 guests.<\/p>\n A property with this much history tends to run a tighter turnaround between events than a newer venue, so lock down your setup and teardown windows before booking outside decor<\/a> or floral vendors.<\/p>\n Belle Meade Plantation shows up regularly in Nashville Scene’s reader poll for Best Wedding Venue, a recognition most Nashville venues can’t match. The 1853 mansion sits on 30 acres at 5025 Harding Pike, about 7 miles from downtown, with both an indoor barn space and outdoor garden settings on the same property.<\/p>\n The property doubles as a museum and winery, so check whether wedding-day tours or tastings could overlap with your ceremony before locking in a start time.<\/p>\n Photo from visitbellemeade.com<\/a><\/p>\n The Estate at Cherokee Dock<\/a> sits in Lebanon, TN, about 30 minutes from downtown Nashville, a detail to build into your guest transportation plan before the lake views win you over. The 13,000-square-foot Southern Colonial mansion once served as Reba McEntire’s private home and sits on 20 waterfront acres along Old Hickory Lake.<\/p>\n The venue’s event spaces, the Lakeview Event Center and the Sunset Terrace, each seat up to 360, with standing capacity running 400\u2013450 across the two spaces.<\/p>\n Photo from cherokeedock.com<\/a><\/p>\n Nashville’s barn and farm venues trade a hotel’s built-in furniture and catering staff for open acreage and a rustic backdrop.<\/p>\n Expect to bring in your own chairs<\/a>, tables<\/a>, linens<\/a>, and often a tent<\/a> for ceremony weather backup at each of these four properties, since bare barn space is the norm here, not the exception.<\/p>\n Loveless Barn<\/a>, at 8400 TN-100, was designed by Seab Tuck, the same architect behind the Country Music Hall of Fame, and sits on the same property as the Loveless Cafe.<\/p>\n The property pairs an outdoor courtyard and lawn for the ceremony with an indoor main hall as weather backup, so a sudden storm doesn’t mean scrambling for a tent<\/a> at the last minute.<\/p>\n The property still shares space with a working restaurant, so map your event timeline against the Loveless Cafe’s regular hours before finalizing your schedule.<\/p>\n White Dove Barn<\/a> breaks the bare-space barn pattern common across Middle Tennessee: the venue at 7235 TN-64 in Beechgrove, TN, books as an all-inclusive package, cutting down on the vendor-sourcing that most barn rentals require.<\/p>\n A covered, open-air chapel handles the ceremony, and capacity tops out at 250 guests, a smaller number than Loveless Barn or Saddle Woods Farm hold.<\/p>\n Beechgrove sits about 45 minutes from downtown Nashville, so build the drive into your rehearsal dinner and hotel-block planning.<\/p>\n Photo from thewhitedovebarn.com<\/a><\/p>\n Saddle Woods Farm<\/a> relaunched in spring 2025 with a reimagined cedar barn at 9522 Franklin Road in Murfreesboro, and the newer construction shows in the covered pavilion and open-air terrace. Capacity runs 400-plus guests, well above White Dove Barn’s 250-guest ceiling, making this the choice for a larger barn wedding in Middle Tennessee.<\/p>\n Murfreesboro sits about 35 minutes from downtown Nashville, so plan a shuttle or clear driving directions for guests unfamiliar with the drive. A 2025 relaunch also means load-in routes for large deliveries may still be getting refined, so walk that path with your caterer during your tour.<\/p>\n Photo from saddlewoodsfarm.com<\/a><\/p>\n Sycamore Farms<\/a> spreads across 28 acres in Arrington, TN, just outside Franklin, more acreage than most Middle Tennessee barn and farm venues offer. Capacity reaches up to 400 guests, close to Saddle Woods Farm’s ceiling, so the deciding factor between the two often comes down to distance and each barn’s specific look, not headcount.<\/p>\n Arrington sits a short drive south of Nashville near Franklin, close enough for a day trip but far enough that hotel logistics need planning. With 28 acres to cross, map out how guests get from parking to the ceremony site, especially for anyone who needs an accessible route.<\/p>\n Photo from sycamorefarmsevents.com<\/a><\/p>\n Couples who want to hand off catering, furniture<\/a>, and event staffing to one team should look at Nashville’s hotel and full-service venues first. The property below builds these into the booking fee, which shrinks the rental list down to whatever extras a couple wants on top of what’s already provided.<\/p>\n The Hutton Hotel<\/a>, at 1808 West End Ave in Midtown, spreads 13,600 square feet of event space across nine flexible rooms, so the venue fits weddings from an intimate dinner up to a 425-guest reception.<\/p>\n The Vista Ballroom, Hillsboro Room, and Midtown Room give couples three distinctly sized spaces inside one property instead of one ballroom stretched to fit every guest count, though published room-by-room capacity figures vary by source, so confirm the current numbers for your specific format (seated vs. banquet vs. reception-style) before booking.<\/p>\n A boutique hotel setting also means overnight guests can walk to their rooms after the reception instead of driving. A hotel-block discount for out-of-town guests can be booked through the property itself too, keeping lodging and event logistics under one contract.<\/p>\n Photo from huttonhotel.com<\/a><\/p>\n For weddings centered around a traditional chapel ceremony, Nashville has several dedicated venues worth considering. The two below offer distinct ceremony settings, with different options for hosting the reception on-site or elsewhere.<\/p>\n Wightman Chapel<\/a> sits on the 11-acre Scarritt Bennett Center campus at 1027 18th Ave S in Midtown Nashville, a gothic chapel built in 1928 and listed on the National Historic Register. The chapel seats up to 300 for a ceremony, and a second, smaller Skinner Chapel on the same campus holds up to 20 for an intimate ceremony or vow renewal. The 1928 building carries some original architectural details, so check on accessibility for any guests who use mobility devices.<\/p>\n Photo from scarrittbennett.org<\/a><\/p>\n King’s Chapel<\/a> caps ceremonies at 60 to 80 guests, smaller than most wedding venues in the Nashville area, inside an 1804 chapel tucked into a 700-acre gated community in Arrington, TN. A larger wedding rules this property out fast, but for a couple planning an intimate ceremony, the on-site clubhouse means the reception happens without a second venue search.<\/p>\n Arrington sits about 20 minutes from downtown Nashville, close enough that the small guest list can still include Nashville-based friends without an overnight stay. Because the chapel sits inside a gated community, guest check-in and directions need to go out in advance so out-of-town guests aren’t stopped at the entrance.<\/p>\n An arts venue brings a different backdrop than a mansion, barn, or hotel ballroom: gallery walls, theater lighting<\/a>, and a building with its own creative history built in already. These two spaces fit couples who want wedding photos that look different from a typical Nashville reception.<\/p>\n OZ Arts Nashville<\/a> operates out of a former cigar warehouse at 6172 Cockrill Bend Circle, now a nonprofit theater and gallery space with a Grand Salon that holds 300 for a banquet-style reception. The property also has four smaller spaces: a 12-person boardroom, a 100-guest Ellipse Lawn, a lounge that flexes from 24 to 70, and a 40-guest patio.<\/p>\n That range makes OZ Arts a rare Nashville option for a couple who wants the rehearsal dinner and the wedding reception on the same property without renting the same room twice. A gallery space built for performances can price AV differently than a standard reception hall, so ask whether the theater lighting<\/a> and sound equipment are included or billed separately.<\/p>\n Photo from ozartsnashville.org<\/a><\/p>\n Ruby<\/a> sits inside Dragon Park at 2411 Blakemore Ave in Hillsboro Village, right across from Vanderbilt University, putting a wedding walking distance from Midtown hotels most out-of-town guests already recognize. Capacity depends on the layout: 130 for a seated dinner, 110 for a seated reception with a dance floor<\/a>, or up to 175 for a ceremony set up concert-style.<\/p>\n Because the venue sits inside a public park, confirm what setup time the park allows before your ceremony and whether outside alcohol needs a separate permit.<\/p>\n What you’ll need to rent depends on the venue, the spaces you’re using, and what’s included in your package. Before finalizing rentals, confirm which tables<\/a>, chairs<\/a>, linens<\/a>, lighting<\/a>, and other event essentials the venue provides.<\/p>\n For venues with more flexible or open event spaces, rentals can also help shape the look and layout of the celebration. Depending on the property, that might include specialty chiavari chairs<\/a>, upgraded linens, lounge furniture<\/a>, lighting, ceremony structures, or additional tables.<\/p>\n Outdoor celebrations may require additional weather planning as well. If your venue allows tents<\/a> or canopies, confirm where they can be installed, what sizes the property can accommodate, and whether the venue has any requirements for outside rental vendors.<\/p>\n Reventals makes it easy to browse Nashville wedding rentals<\/a> in one place, including chairs, tables, linens, tents and canopies, and other event equipment.<\/p>\n Nashville’s wedding venues offer plenty of variety, from historic downtown spaces and dedicated chapels to hotels, estates, and sprawling farms. As you narrow the list, compare the details that matter for your event, including capacity, location, available spaces, included amenities, and vendor requirements.<\/p>\n Once the venue is booked, Reventals can help fill in the remaining pieces. Browse wedding rentals<\/a>, chiavari chair rentals<\/a>, and tent rentals<\/a> in Nashville, or explore everything available through Reventals Nashville.<\/p>\n![\"outdoor](\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1692166927778-056466153552?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w5ODk1ODF8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxvdXRkb29yJTIwZXZlbnQlMjB0ZW50JTIwdGFibGVzJTIwY2hhaXJzfGVufDB8MHx8fDE3ODYxMzQ0NzN8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080\")
Historic Downtown and Church-Conversion Wedding Venues in Nashville<\/h2>\n
1. The Cordelle<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n2. The Bridge Building<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n3. The Bell Tower<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n4. Clementine Hall<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nMansion and Estate Venues<\/h2>\n
5. Riverwood Mansion<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n6. Belle Meade Plantation<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n7. The Estate at Cherokee Dock<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\nBarn and Farm Venues<\/h2>\n
8. Loveless Events (Loveless Barn)<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n9. White Dove Barn<\/h3>\n
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10. Saddle Woods Farm<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n11. Sycamore Farms<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\nHotel and Full-Service Nashville Venue<\/h2>\n
12. The Hutton Hotel<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\nChapel Venues<\/h2>\n
13. Wightman Chapel at Scarritt Bennett Center<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n14. King’s Chapel<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nArts and Unique Venues<\/h2>\n
15. OZ Arts Nashville<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n16. Ruby<\/h3>\n
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