Charley Creek Inn

The Big Four Room is the hotel’s original ballroom. Today it is utilized for numerous social events, banquets, conferences, and meetings including weddings, receptions, class and family reunions, birthday and anniversary parties, corporate meetings, religious retreats, and shows. It is named after the Big Four Railroad – The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway – commonly abbreviated CCC&StL. This railroad company was historically significant to Wabash, the region and the nation with its primary routes were in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. Included with room rental: - Ceiling mounted projector with 50’corded VGA hook-up and wireless Apple TV projector capability - Ceiling mounted projection screen (5’ x 8’) - Pandora background music with genre of your choosing - iPhone / iPod male jack hook-up for personal music - Baldwin Grand Piano (circa 1900) (tuning fee may apply) Available by advance request: - Flat screen 37” television with HDMI or USB hook-ups and DVD/Blu-Ray player - Speaker’s table-top or standing podium - Wireless handheld microphone(s) - Dry erase board

The Cannonball Room is the upper section of the hotel’s original ballroom. Often combines with the Big Four Room for additional space, it is separated by a barrister. In a previous life, this section of the ballroom was a pool hall. Today it is utilized for numerous social events, banquets, conferences, and meetings including weddings, receptions, class and family reunions, birthday and anniversary parties, corporate meetings, religious retreats, conferences, and shows. This venue is named after the Cannonballs, which were known as superb trains of their time, because they were equipped with smokers, parlor coaches, and Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, and lighted with oil lamps and heated with pot-bellied stoves. Included with room rental: - Pandora background music with genre of your choosing - iPhone / iPod male jack hook-up for personal music Available by advance request: - Flat screen 37” television with HDMI or USB hook-ups and DVD/Blu-Ray player - Speaker’s table-top or standing podium - Wireless handheld microphone(s) - Dry erase board

At Charley Creek Inn, we are deeply committed to contributing to a healthy state of our environment. When the hotel was first constructed it had four floors. During the extensive restoration and renovation, a new fifth floor and rooftop garden room was constructed, named the Cloud Club. The Cloud Club is Downtown Wabash’s only “green space”. Guests enjoy this green rooftop, overlooking the city’s historic architecture, for private meetings and social events. The vegetative mats of the garden are highly engineered to provide a cooling effect for the building and by adding a layer of insulation to the building we are able to help reduce energy loss. Included with room rental: - Pandora background music with genre of your choosing - iPhone / iPod male jack hook-up for personal music - Upright Chase Bros. – Hackley Piano (Circa 1918) (tuning fee may apply) - Outdoor patio seating for 10 guests(weather permitting) Available by advance request: - Tabletop projector with VGA input (no audio capacity) - Flat screen 37” television with HDMI or USB hook-ups and DVD/Blu-Ray player - Speaker’s table-top or standing podium - Table-top conference speaker phone - Dry erase board

Named after local philanthropist and historic preservation aficionado Richard E. Ford, of the Ford Meter Box family, who bought the building in 2007 and renovated it to perfection, the Richard E. Ford Dining Room is a wine-themed event space ideal for company parties, meetings and various other social events. Included with room rental: - Pandora background music with genre of your choosing - iPhone / iPod male jack hook-up for personal music Available by advance request: - Flat screen 37” television with HDMI or USB hook-ups and DVD/Blu-Ray player - Speaker’s table-top or standing podium - Dry erase board

The newest venue to Charley Creek Inn, The Courtyard, opened in 2017. This outdoor space offers a fireplace and stage for live performances providing a unique, tranquil atmosphere for birthday parties, company parties, business meetings, religious retreats, anniversary celebrations, weddings and bridal and baby showers. Included with courtyard rental: - Raised dais (platform for ceremonies,entertainment, speakers, or head table) - Pandora background music with genre of your choosing - iPhone / iPod male jack hook-up for personal music Available by advance request: - Speaker’s table-top or standing podium - Wireless handheld microphone(s)

Ridenour Conference Room is a traditional meeting room, appropriate for small company or church groups, adjacent to the 2nd floor Mezzanine. It is named after Jim Ridenour, a Wabash native and 1960 graduate of Wabash High School. Jim served as Director of the National Park Service under President George Bush, Sr., from 1989 to 1993 and as Director of the Indiana Department of National Resources under Indiana Governor Bob Orr from 1981 to 1989. During the Vietnam War, Jim was the Detachment Commander of the Highland Medics attached to the 71st Evacuation Hospital at Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. As an Indiana University Professor from 1993 to 2002, Jim established the Eppley Institute of Parks and Public Lands in honor of his late uncle Garrett Eppley of Wabash. Dr. Garrett Eppley and Jim Ridenour were inducted into the Indiana Conservation Hall of Fame in September 2010. Included with room rental: - 55” high definition wall mounted smart television with HDMI and USB hook-ups - Ceiling mounted projection screen (4’ x 5’) Available by advance request: - Tabletop projector with VGA input (no audio capacity) - Flat screen 37” television with HDMI or USB hook-ups and DVD/Blu-Ray player - Speaker’s table-top podium - Table-top conference speaker phone - Dry erase board

The Virginia Ford Mezzanine Lobby is a common architectural feature for hotels designed in the early 1900s—it is an actual extension of the Lobby below. Before the introduction of televisions, air conditioning, laptops, and smartphones, people went down to the lobbies to talk, read, play cards, or socialize; they retired to their rooms only to sleep. Nowadays this area is ideal for its original possible—to host various social events. Included with room rental: - Lounge and table seating for 12 people - Wet bar Available by advance request: - Bistro cocktail tables - Portable bar