The Lamplighter School is a

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located in

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, USA. The School offers grades Pre-K – 4 and is accredited by the

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History

The Lamplighter School was founded in 1953 in a North Dallas farmhouse by Natalie Murray and Marieta "Sandy" Swain on what is now the Cooper Clinic campus. In 1969, The Lamplighter School moved to 11611 Inwood Road. The land which the current campus is on was part of 100 acres donated by Karl Hoblitzelle and th
Hoblitzelle Foundation
to

The Hockaday School The Hockaday School is an independent, secular, college preparatory day school for girls located in Dallas, Texas, United States. The boarding school was for girls in grades 8–12 and the day school is from pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The ...

. Hockaday then leased the land to Lamplighter. In 2011 The Lamplighter School purchased the land from Hockaday for $12.5 million.After 40 years, Lamplighter School is buying its site from Hockaday
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Architecture

The campus of The Lamplighter School was originally designed by O’Neil Ford in the late 1960s. In the spring of 2014, The Lamplighter School undertook a new construction project that included an enlarged central landscape, and space for a new Innovation Lab and Teaching Barn. The approximately 10,000 square foot Eastin Family Innovation Lab serves the school’s 450 Pre-K through 4th-grade student population. The Innovation Lab includes a woodshop, robotics lab, and teaching kitchen.

References

External links

The Lamplighter School website
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