Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Nazareth Hall, Grand Rapids

For a wedding at Nazareth Hall in Grand Rapids, your photographer has a whole estate to work with: 37 acres of lawns and gardens, a stone grotto, a chapel with stained glass and ballrooms with original chandeliers. Wedding photos and video here can move from candlelit rooms to open grounds without anyone getting in a car.

You can hold your wedding ceremony indoors or out. The Chapel seats up to 200 under vaulted ceilings, with intricate woodwork, marble altars and classic wooden pews. Outdoors, the Grotto is built into a natural rock formation with stonework, greenery and a bridge over the creek, and it seats up to 300; guests ride a complimentary shuttle there. The Ladyglen Lawn holds up to 275 for couples who book the Ladyglen Ballroom. A guest house beside the hall sleeps eight, handy for family staying the night.

There are four rooms for your wedding reception. The Ladyglen Ballroom takes up to 300, with a balcony over the dance floor, a stage for the band and a patio strung with Edison bulbs. The Cadet West Ballroom holds 200, with stained glass windows and its original 1920s chandeliers, natural light by day and candlelight or uplighting after dark. The Gabriel Ballroom seats 150 on a wood dance floor near the chapel, and the Riverview Library hosts up to 50 among its original bookshelves, with windows over the Maumee River. Each ballroom has a private bar, and menus come from the hall's own kitchen. For your wedding videographer, the Ladyglen balcony gives a high view of the first dance.

• Tour the estate and pick a ceremony site with a weather backup.
• Walk your wedding day route from the ceremony to the reception room with your photographer.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines when you visit.

A little about Nazareth Hall

Nazareth Hall opened in 1928 as a Catholic boarding school for boys run by the Ursuline Sisters. The school closed in 1982, and after about ten empty years a local family bought the building in 1991 and turned it into an event venue. The first wedding was held in the Cadet West Ballroom in 1992.