Lakewood Heights, Dallas

Lakewood Heights is a residential neighborhood in Dallas, Texas (USA), bounded by Abrams Road to the east, Monticello Avenue to the north (not McCommas, as incorrectly shown on Google Maps[1]), Skillman Street to the west, and Richmond Avenue to the south.[2] It is in the area known as 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, and Wilshire Heights.[3]

"Kneeling" Bois D'Arc tree in Tietze Park, Dallas, Texas, USA

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, probably the son of Amos and Mary McCommas (Abstract 943), and Allen Beard (Abstract 66).[4] Amon McCommas, his wife Mary Brumphield McCommas, and their nine children settled on this land in 1844.[5] McCommas Boulevard, just north of Lakewood Heights, is named for the McCommas family.[6] Beard's Branch, a creek draining into White Rock Lake east of Lakewood Heights may have been named for Allen Beard.

Lakewood Heights was first platted in 1914[7] and was annexed to the City of Dallas in 1923.[8] Development was substantially completed in 1940,[7] 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.[9] As a neighborhood, Lakewood Heights predates neighboring Lakewood, as shown by aerial photographs of the area taken in 1923.[10] A 1919 street map shows that the first streets platted were those between Llano Avenue on the north and Richmond on the south.[11]

Lakewood Heights, Dallas, Texas USA

Lakewood Heights comprises portions of Dallas County census tracts 2.01[12] and 11.02[13] in the 2010 U.S. federal census.[14] According to D Magazine (citing Nielsen SiteReports and samplings based on most recent U.S. census estimates[15]): the population of Lakewood Heights is 2,343; there are 1,060 households in the neighborhood; the average household size is 2.21 persons; 65.4% of houses are owner-occupied; and the median value for owner-occupied houses in Lakewood Heights is $397,526. The median age is 36.9 years; 54.1% of residents are married, 3.4% are widowed, and 12.2% are divorced. The racial make-up of the neighborhood is: 91.3% white (9.4% are of Hispanic heritage), 1.5% African-American, 2.5% Asian, and 4.7% identify as some other race. Among those age 25 and older, 39.0% hold a bachelor's degree, 20.4% a master's degree, 7.9% a professional school degree, and 4.7% a doctorate.

Education

Lakewood Heights is in the Dallas Independent School District attendance zones for:[16] Geneva Heights Elementary School (most),[17] Mockingbird Elementary School (some),[18] J.L. Long Middle School (all),[19] and Woodrow Wilson High School (all).[20]

Government

It is part of Dallas City Council District 14.[21]

Parks and recreation
"Kneeling" Bois D'Arc tree in Tietze Park, Dallas, Texas, USA

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,[22] 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.[23] The Friends of Tietze Park Foundation is a registered nonprofit organization whose mission is the improvement, preservation and continued beautification of Tietze Park.[24] In 2009, Preservation Dallas[25] recognized the Friends of Tietze Park Foundation with a preservation achievement medal for the Best Rehabilitation of a Historic Landscape or Park.[26]

Richard Sheffield, a resident, in an article in D Magazine, wrote that the park "has been a neighborhood staple for years and has provided countless hours of entertainment to local residents."[27]

References
  1. City of Dallas' map of neighborhood organizations, 2019
  2. Lakewood Heights Neighborhood Association
  3. Dallas Neighborhoods Map (#176)
  4. Sam Streets Map of Dallas County, 1900. Texas State Archives Map Collection
  5. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas, p. 960
  6. History of the Restoration Movement
  7. Preservation Dallas
  8. Dallas Morning News, March 15, 1923, page 13
  9. Dallas Central Appraisal District Maps
  10. 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.
  11. 1919 Map and Guide of Dallas & Suburbs (On the map, Perkins Ave is now Velasco; Gorman: Palo Pinto; Sinex: Lakeshore; Aqueduct: Goliad; Lakewood: Belmont; Withers: Skillman; Jane: Alderson.)
  12. USBoundary.com
  13. USBoundary.com
  14. 2010 U.S. Census Block Map
  15. D Magazine neighborhood guide for Lakewood Heights
  16. "Lakewood Heights". D Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-06. - Check the boundary map attached and compare it to the DISD boundary maps.
  17. "2019-20 Geneva Heights Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5" (PDF). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  18. "2019-20 Mockingbird Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5" (PDF). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  19. "2019-20 J.L. Long Middle Attendance Zone Grades 6-8" (PDF). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  20. "2019-20 Woodrow Wilson High Attendance Zone Grades 9-12" (PDF). Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  21. Dallas City Council District Maps
  22. Photos of Tietze Park on Yelp
  23. Friends of Tietze Park Foundation
  24. Ibid.
  25. Preservation Dallas
  26. Friends of Tietze Park Foundation
  27. Sheffield, Richard (2015-09-04). "Why I Love Lakewood Heights". D Magazine. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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