Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Bushnell Event Center, Springfield

A wedding at Bushnell Event Center puts you inside the historic Bushnell Building on North Fountain Avenue in downtown Springfield, with its Renaissance Revival front, carved terra-cotta and original brick walls you can see inside the event center. Those textures give your photographer and videographer real character to work with, and the venue points couples to plenty of downtown spots nearby for wedding photos, from classic to urban.

Everything can happen under one roof here: your wedding ceremony in the Wren Ceremony Suites, which seat 210 and have a quiet, historic feel; cocktail hour, perhaps in the rustic Cellar Cocktail Lounge; and your wedding reception in the light-filled Governor's Legacy Ballroom, about 6,200 square feet with room for 200 to 225 at dinner plus a dance floor. The Cellar also works for a rehearsal dinner, catered or as casual as pizza with your wedding party.

Couples can book one part of the day or the whole thing. The weekend takeover includes all three rooms and two private getting-ready suites, plus time on the days before for setup, the rehearsal and dinner, and Sunday for picking up decor. A floorplan tool lets you map your layout and share it with the staff ahead of time, and the venue keeps a recommended vendor list. Because guests move from room to room without leaving the building, your videographer can follow the whole wedding day without packing up the gear.

• Fill out the event interest form and schedule a tour.
• Walk the route from the ceremony room to the ballroom with your photographer.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and parking when you visit.

A little about Bushnell Event Center

The Bushnell Building was completed in 1893 for a governor of Ohio and has been a downtown Springfield landmark ever since, home over the years to banks, shops and law offices. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.