Elizabeth F Cheney Mansion, Oak Park

About Elizabeth F Cheney Mansion

Elizabeth F Cheney Mansion is a 12,000-square-foot English country-style home designed in 1913 and operated by the Park District of Oak Park. Visitors tour the mansion's handsome reception rooms, six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and separate servants' quarters. The 2.2-acre grounds feature a greenhouse, kitchen and cutting garden with an espalier fence, woodland walk, and waterfall fountain. The public grounds are open to visitors until dusk daily. The mansion hosts private celebrations including weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, corporate meetings, holiday parties, fundraisers, concerts and recitals, and memorial services. Event spaces include individual rooms, the patio, greenhouse, and the first floor. A solarium accommodates intimate gatherings, and a kitchen is available for food preparation. The grounds offer an expansive lawn suitable for picnics and outdoor functions. Located in Oak Park's Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District, nine miles west of downtown Chicago, the mansion provides a distinctive venue for community events and private occasions.