Lochwood, Dallas
Lakewood is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas (USA) adjacent to Lake Park Estates and Old Lake Highlands. It is located east of White Rock Lake and sometimes referred to as 'Dixon Branch' because of the creek by that name running through the neighborhood.
Boundaries
The Lochwood neighborhood is roughly pentagonal in shape, and is bounded on the north by East Northwest Highway (Texas Spur 244 or Texas State Highway Loop 12), on the west by East Lake Highlands Drive, on the southwest by Easton Road, on the southeast by Garland Road (Texas State Highway 78) and on the east by Jupiter Road.
About
The area surrounds the Dixon Branch of White Rock Creek, east of White Rock Lake.The neighborhood was built starting after World War II and features many 1 and 2 story Ranch-style homes. Commercially, the area is anchored by White Rock Marketplace, formerly Lochwood Shopping Center (renamed "Treehouse" in 1976, then back to Lochwood Mall by the early 1980s). The mall, opened in 1957,[1] once housed Titche's Department Store. The mall shut down around 1989.
Education
The neighborhood is served by the Dallas Independent School District. Children in the neighborhood attend Martha Turner Reilly Elementary School (located within the neighborhood), Robert T. Hill Middle School, and Bryan Adams High School.[2]
References
- ^ Lochwood Village Opening To Introduce 35 Stores. The Dallas Morning News, 15 August 1957. Retrieved 2013-06-28. Some individual stores opened as early as 1955.
- ^ Dallas ISD - 2006 School Feeder Patterns - Bryan Adams High School. (Maps: HS: Adams.) Retrieved 15 April 2007.
