Host your Wedding at Story!
We believe the Story Inn to be Indiana’s most desirable place for any special event large and small. Story is a historic 19th century village with immaculately tended gardens, surrounded by forest and fields with grazing horses. Here you can enjoy elegant food, music, and drink in unparalleled natural beauty.
Reception Venues
The Porch. This all-weather addition overlooks the patio and stone Grill, and will hold 40 people. A set of double doors separates your group from the main restaurant, assuring convenience and privacy. This spacing is used by our for our restaurant business and is only available as a private venue Monday - Thursdays, and other days as our restaurant business allows.
The Old Mill. The 19th century grain mill next to the Story Inn's General Store is a perfect place for all-weather parties for up to 50 people. This remarkably well-preserved tin-roofed, clapboard edifice still has the original grain milling equipment in place! We recently renovated the interior of this remarkable building with pine paneling from locally-harvested trees, cut into lumber onsite and dried in our own barn, making it our most attractive and unique indoor dining facility. We offer a full range of menu items in the Old Mill, which your group can enjoy in privacy, come snow, rain, heat, or night.
The Barn. In months with mild weather we can accommodate parties up to 150 at our outdoor venue, The Barn. Tent rental is required for the The Barn. In 1999, we renovated a 2,400 square foot tin-roofed barn built in 1907. We have fitted the Barn with a concrete dance floor/stage and a 200 amp electrical service. Story's barn is located in a beautiful five acre valley surrounded by forest. It is an unparalleled natural setting. Not far from the barn is a carefully tended herb garden which supplies our gourmet restaurant. In the spring, hundreds of daffodils and daylilies shoot from the turf, to complement the riot of redbuds and dogwoods in the forest. The Story Inn’s barn is a favorite place for warm weather events including, weddings and wedding receptions, banquets, plays, poetry readings, lectures, meetings, family reunions, dances, and private catered events.
Other Venues of Interest
The Story Still. We call the area in the basement of the General Store the “Story Still” which is a double entendre referencing the enduring and unchanging character of Story and the area’s colorful history of producing bathtub gin. Brown County Sheriff Clarence Moore made local headlines when he confiscated a wood-fired still at Story in 1932 (pictured below). On August 4, 2009, the skies over Story, Indiana open, and belched forth nearly eight inches of rain, flooding our venerable tavern with muddy creek water, silt, small amphibians and forest flotsam. In the month following the flood, we rebuilt the bar, employing timbers, siding and rusting tin metal cannibalized from a local century-old barn, with bar stools fashioned from old tractor seats. Though the Still is, functionally, a tavern, great ideas oftentimes emerge on the back of a cocktail napkin. It’s a great place to retire after dinner.
Other Areas. We also offer smaller, intimate rooms for more informal gatherings. A few of our cottages offer a great space for small meeting or bridal showers. View the Wheeler Homestead Back, a classic Victorian structure with a large living room, full kitchen, and large outdoor deck. The Schultz Haus Front has a comfortable living room, porch and kitchenette. The Old Mill Loft has a large, open living room also perfect for informal gatherings.
Menus
We eschew “packages” preferring to customize each wedding to meet your palate or specific needs. By way of illustration, but not limitation, we do offer three elegant menus: “The Figaro”, at $35/person; “The Four Seasons” at $45/person and “The Pastoral” at $55/person. These menus are only offered buffet-style to groups of 50 or more.
In the event your wedding party is 15 or fewer, you may wish to simply order off our dinner menu and wine and beer list.
Accoutrements
Let us sweat the details! We do coordinate most additional items and services: tents, tables & chairs, linens, set up and clean up! Our event manager can also make arrangements for your cake, ice sculpture, flowers, custom decorations, DJ, band, photographer, video, and carriage rides (rides offered downtown Nashville only) if you desire.
Call (800) 881-1183 to begin planning today! Consultations are free and by appointment only.
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