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Lakewood Heights is a residential neighborhood in
/ref>), Skillman Street to the west, and Richmond Avenue to the south.Lakewood Heights Neighborhood Association
/ref> It located in East Dallas. Lakewood Heights is approximately one-half mile (0.8 km) wide (east-west) and three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) long (north-south). It covers approximately 240 acres or slightly less than 0.375 square miles (1000m²). It is adjacent to several East Dallas neighborhoods, including Lakewood,
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U.S. Library of Congress Amon McCommas, his wife Mary Brumfield McCommas, and their nine children settled on this land in 1844. McCommas Boulevard, just north of Lakewood Heights, is named for the McCommas family. Beard's Branch, a creek draining into White Rock Lake east of Lakewood Heights, may have been named for Allen Beard.
The first platted portion of current-day Lakewood Heights, comprising one and one-half blocks then known as "Llano Place," ran from the north side of Llano Street to the north side of Vickery (then known as "Price") between Norris and Clements. This area was platted in 1913.Dallas Public Library-Murphy & Bolanz Block Books-Dallas County 1880-1920 - Block Book 6, Page 263
/ref> The next portion, abutting Llano Place on the south and running from the south side of Llano Street to Richmond Avenue between present-day Skillman (then named "Railman") and present-day Abrams (then, "Old Greenville Road") was plattedDallas Public Library-Murphy & Bolanz Block Books-Dallas County 1880-1920 - Block Book 6, Page 227
/ref> in 1914Preservation Dallas
/ref>Flashback: Dallas, 'Ghost Rails of the Belmont Streetcar Line' (note: 'North' is on the right side of this image, and the street car is traveling on present-day Matilda Ave.)
/ref> and was annexed to the City of Dallas in 1923. Development was substantially completed by 1940, although a few streets date from 1949-50. Building lot sizes typically are 50 to 60 feet wide and between 140 and 220 feet deep.Dallas Central Appraisal District Maps
/ref> As a neighborhood, Lakewood Heights predates neighboring Lakewood, as shown by aerial photographs of the area taken in 1923.Photo: East Dallas-1923-Degolyer Library, Southern Methodist University (Looking generally east: White Rock Lake at top; Swiss Avenue running from right center diagonally to bottom right corner; present-day Abrams Road running from middle of left edge to center of image; and Lakewood Heights west of Abrams (i.e., below Abrams in the image). Note the two massive water tanks, a/k/a standpipes, on Abrams at present-day Goliad.
/ref> A 1919 street map shows that the first streets platted were those between Llano Avenue on the north and Richmond on the south.
/ref> in the 2020 U.S. federal census. According to
/ref>), in 2021, the approximate population of Lakewood Heights was 2,500 people; the neighborhood contained approximately 1,125 households; the average household size was 2.21 persons; 65.3% of homes were owner-occupied; and the median value of owner-occupied homes was $408,067.
Tietze Park, a 9-acre public park owned and operated by the city of Dallas, is located on the western edge of Lakewood Heights on Skillman Avenue between Llano and Vanderbilt Streets. The park was acquired in 1924 by the City of Dallas. It is named after W.R. Tietze, who was Dallas' Superintendent of Parks from 1896-1933. The park contains a sandstone picnic pavilion dating from 1934, a community swimming pool, lighted baseball field, tennis court, basketball court, serpentine walking/jogging paths, other recreation and picnic areas, and more than 75 red oak, live oak, and cedar trees, and a few “kneeling” bois d'arc trees, which are said to predate the park by 50 years or more.
The Friends of Tietze Park Foundation is a registered nonprofit organization whose mission is the improvement, preservation and continued beautification of Tietze Park.Ibid.
/ref> In 2009, Preservation Dallas recognized the Friends of Tietze Park Foundation with a preservation achievement medal for the Best Rehabilitation of a Historic Landscape or Park.Friends of Tietze Park Foundation
/ref> Richard Sheffield, a resident, in an article in ''
Bossse, Paula - Flashback Dallas, Tietze Park (2014)
Vinson, Patti, "Memories of the Tietze Park Pool," Lakewood Advocate (May 26, 2014)
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Lakewood Heights is a residential neighborhood in Dallas
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, Texas
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( USA), bounded by Abrams Road to the east, Monticello Avenue to the north (not McCommas, as incorrectly shown on Google MapsCity of Dallas' map of neighborhood organizations, 2019/ref>), Skillman Street to the west, and Richmond Avenue to the south.Lakewood Heights Neighborhood Association
/ref> It located in East Dallas. Lakewood Heights is approximately one-half mile (0.8 km) wide (east-west) and three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) long (north-south). It covers approximately 240 acres or slightly less than 0.375 square miles (1000m²). It is adjacent to several East Dallas neighborhoods, including Lakewood,
Lower Greenville
Lower Greenville is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas ( USA), west of Lakewood. Specifically, the neighborhood is the area adjacent to Greenville Avenue south of Mercedes Avenue and north of Belmont Avenue. The area south of Belmont Avenue is ...
, and Wilshire Heights.Dallas Neighborhoods Map (#176)/ref>
History
The area now comprising Lakewood Heights is part of three land grants made in the 1850s by the State of Texas to, respectively, Amon McCommas (Abstract 911); John McCommas, the son of Amon and Mary Brumfield McCommas (Abstract 943); and Allen Beard (Abstract 66).Sam Street's Map of Dallas County, 1900U.S. Library of Congress Amon McCommas, his wife Mary Brumfield McCommas, and their nine children settled on this land in 1844. McCommas Boulevard, just north of Lakewood Heights, is named for the McCommas family. Beard's Branch, a creek draining into White Rock Lake east of Lakewood Heights, may have been named for Allen Beard.
The first platted portion of current-day Lakewood Heights, comprising one and one-half blocks then known as "Llano Place," ran from the north side of Llano Street to the north side of Vickery (then known as "Price") between Norris and Clements. This area was platted in 1913.Dallas Public Library-Murphy & Bolanz Block Books-Dallas County 1880-1920 - Block Book 6, Page 263/ref> The next portion, abutting Llano Place on the south and running from the south side of Llano Street to Richmond Avenue between present-day Skillman (then named "Railman") and present-day Abrams (then, "Old Greenville Road") was plattedDallas Public Library-Murphy & Bolanz Block Books-Dallas County 1880-1920 - Block Book 6, Page 227
/ref> in 1914Preservation Dallas
/ref>Flashback: Dallas, 'Ghost Rails of the Belmont Streetcar Line' (note: 'North' is on the right side of this image, and the street car is traveling on present-day Matilda Ave.)
/ref> and was annexed to the City of Dallas in 1923. Development was substantially completed by 1940, although a few streets date from 1949-50. Building lot sizes typically are 50 to 60 feet wide and between 140 and 220 feet deep.Dallas Central Appraisal District Maps
/ref> As a neighborhood, Lakewood Heights predates neighboring Lakewood, as shown by aerial photographs of the area taken in 1923.Photo: East Dallas-1923-Degolyer Library, Southern Methodist University (Looking generally east: White Rock Lake at top; Swiss Avenue running from right center diagonally to bottom right corner; present-day Abrams Road running from middle of left edge to center of image; and Lakewood Heights west of Abrams (i.e., below Abrams in the image). Note the two massive water tanks, a/k/a standpipes, on Abrams at present-day Goliad.
/ref> A 1919 street map shows that the first streets platted were those between Llano Avenue on the north and Richmond on the south.
Demographics
Lakewood Heights comprises portions of Dallas County census tracts 2.01 and 11.02 2020 Census Tract Map/ref> in the 2020 U.S. federal census. According to
D Magazine
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(citing Nielsen SiteReports and samplings based on most recent U.S. census estimatesD Magazine neighborhood guide for Lakewood Heights/ref>), in 2021, the approximate population of Lakewood Heights was 2,500 people; the neighborhood contained approximately 1,125 households; the average household size was 2.21 persons; 65.3% of homes were owner-occupied; and the median value of owner-occupied homes was $408,067.
Education
Lakewood Heights is in theDallas Independent School District
The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD or DISD) is a school district based in Dallas, Texas ( USA). It operates schools in much of Dallas County and is the second-largest school district in Texas and the seventeenth-largest in ...
attendance zones for: Geneva Heights Elementary School (most), Mockingbird Elementary School (some), J.L. Long Middle School (all), and Woodrow Wilson High School (all).
Government
It is part of Dallas City Council District 14.Parks and recreation
Tietze Park, a 9-acre public park owned and operated by the city of Dallas, is located on the western edge of Lakewood Heights on Skillman Avenue between Llano and Vanderbilt Streets. The park was acquired in 1924 by the City of Dallas. It is named after W.R. Tietze, who was Dallas' Superintendent of Parks from 1896-1933. The park contains a sandstone picnic pavilion dating from 1934, a community swimming pool, lighted baseball field, tennis court, basketball court, serpentine walking/jogging paths, other recreation and picnic areas, and more than 75 red oak, live oak, and cedar trees, and a few “kneeling” bois d'arc trees, which are said to predate the park by 50 years or more.
The Friends of Tietze Park Foundation is a registered nonprofit organization whose mission is the improvement, preservation and continued beautification of Tietze Park.Ibid./ref> In 2009, Preservation Dallas recognized the Friends of Tietze Park Foundation with a preservation achievement medal for the Best Rehabilitation of a Historic Landscape or Park.Friends of Tietze Park Foundation
/ref> Richard Sheffield, a resident, in an article in ''
D Magazine
''D Magazine'' is a monthly magazine covering Dallas–Fort Worth. It is headquartered in Downtown Dallas.
''D Magazine'' covers a range of topics including politics, business, food, fashion and lifestyle in the city of Dallas. The first ...
'', wrote that the park "has been a neighborhood staple for years and has provided countless hours of entertainment to local residents."
References
External links
* On Tietze Park: Flashback DallaBossse, Paula - Flashback Dallas, Tietze Park (2014)
Vinson, Patti, "Memories of the Tietze Park Pool," Lakewood Advocate (May 26, 2014)
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