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Kimpton Pittman Hotel
Dallas, Texas, United States · Kimpton · Core Luxury
Kimpton Pittman Hotel occupies the 1916 Knights of Pythias Temple in Deep Ellum, designed by William Sidney Pittman, the first African American architect licensed in Texas and a Tuskegee-trained son-in-law of Booker T. Washington. The temple's auditorium once hosted blues musician Blind Lemon Jefferson and served as headquarters for the largest Black fraternal organization in the state before the building sat abandoned for decades. It reopened as a 164-room hotel in June 2020, and AAA rates the house Four Diamond for 2026.
- 164 rooms
- Opened 2020
- Neighborhood: Deep Ellum
- Architect: William Sidney Pittman
About Kimpton Pittman Hotel
- The building was designed in 1916 by William Sidney Pittman, the first African American architect in Texas, who married Booker T. Washington's daughter Portia.
- It served as the Grand Lodge of the Colored Knights of Pythias, then the largest Black fraternal organization in the state, housing the first African American surgeon and dentist in Texas.
- Its fourth-floor auditorium hosted performers including blues musician Blind Lemon Jefferson during segregation.
- The building was abandoned in the 1990s before its restoration and 2020 reopening as a Kimpton hotel.
History
The Kimpton Pittman Hotel occupies the historic Knights of Pythias Temple at the corner of Elm and Good Latimer Streets in Dallas's Deep Ellum. Completed in 1916, the five-story building was designed by William Sidney Pittman — the first African American architect in Texas, a Tuskegee-trained draftsman who married Booker T. Washington's daughter Portia — for the Grand Lodge of the Colored Knights of Pythias, then the largest African American fraternal organization in the state. Its retail and office floors housed Black professionals, including the first African American surgeon and dentist in Texas, while a grand fourth-floor auditorium hosted lodge rituals, conferences and performers such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, serving as a premier gathering place for the Black community during segregation.
After the Great Depression forced the lodge to sell in 1944, the building passed to Union Bankers Insurance Company in 1959, whose alterations obscured Pittman's original design; it was abandoned in the 1990s. The City of Dallas designated it a Landmark in 1989, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017, the same year Westdale and Vine Tower Development began a careful rehabilitation using state and federal tax credits.
The restoration recreated the storefront, replicated missing cast-stone details, stripped paint to reveal the original brick, and reopened the dramatic two-story arched windows and the auditorium's original volume. A compatible seven-story addition, linked to the historic building by a glass-enclosed walkway, holds the lobby and most guest rooms. The Kimpton Pittman Hotel opened in June 2020 with 164 rooms, returning an important African American landmark to prominence in Deep Ellum.
Restaurants and bars
- Elm & Good — Restaurant
Amenities
- Pool
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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