Who Owns Deacon's Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram?

Dick and Bob Deacon opened Deacon's Chrysler-Plymouth in 1963 in the Cleveland area, building what they called 'the dealership that service built' around service-department loyalty rather than volume sales tactics. The Deacons were not the first dealers on the site: the property had hosted automotive businesses under various owners for decades before the family took over, giving the location a retail history approaching a century.

Through the 1970s to 1990s the dealership survived the Chrysler Corporation's repeated crises, including the 1979 federal bailout era and the Plymouth brand's discontinuation in 2001, evolving its franchise lineup into the modern Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram combination. It earned Chrysler's Five Star dealer distinction entering the 2000s.

The pivotal moment came in 2010: during Chrysler's post-bankruptcy dealer rationalization, the automaker told Deacon's to build a new facility or lose the franchise. The family gambled on staying. Working with Davison Smith Certo Architects and Carey Construction Group, they built a 27,735-square-foot dealership at 835 Som Center Road over 20 months, remarkably keeping the business open the entire time through phased construction. Sales grew during the build, and the new facility opened with a 21-bay service area, car wash, and modern showroom.

Today the dealership serves Mayfield Village, Cleveland, Willoughby, and surrounding Northeast Ohio communities with new and used sales, an Express Service Center, parts, and on-site financing, branding itself as Cuyahoga County's oldest continuously operating Chrysler dealership.