About Deacon Hospitality Group

We never set out to be a hospitality company. We’re a husband and wife team with a background in transportation and retail operations. But when we stayed at the University Club in San Francisco for a wedding a few years ago, we began to wonder what hospitality could look like if event spaces were updated with modern design, a community focus and guest rooms. Back in Philadelphia, a series of happy accidents led us to the historic church that would become The Deacon, and our first project was underway.

The Deacon has been featured in Condé Nast Traveler, Domino, Southwest: The Magazine and Philadelphia Magazine, among others, and has been profiled by Sherwin Williams for its use of color. But more importantly, it has become a center for memorable, meaningful experiences that are inherently Philly, from weddings to culinary events. Now, with Dye House, we have applied our values of adaptive reuse and storytelling once again. The Deacon and Dye House are more than hotels and event venues, they are gathering places that pay tribute to the neighborhoods and creative communities of which they are a part.