One of Lakewood’s most historic and architecturally significant homes is for sale. Legendary architect Clifford D. Hutsell built this Spanish Eclectic house in 1936 and only about 50 others in Lakewood from 1926 to 1941.
This Spanish Eclectic at 6969 Lakewood Boulevard features the coveted extraordinary details that define his style. One of the most prominent and rare is the first round plate glass window in a Dallas residence.
Inside it’s fitted with a surround of original metal work to hold candles. This house is almost a doppelganger for Hutsell’s family home at 7035 Lakewood.
Architect and former Dallas Parks and Recreation Director Willis Winters is the leading authority on Hutsell and Dilbeck homes. In his article for Legacies Magazine, he wrote:
Hutsell played a critical role in fulfilling the young city’s manifest destiny of the 1920s eastward expansion to the alluring shores of White Rock Lake. As an architect, he designed fanciful and eclectic residences_most of them in a highly personalized Spanish Eclectic style_which, over time, would come to establish the cognitive image, not only of Lakewood Boulevard but of the surrounding neighborhood as well.
Nowhere in Dallas is there a more cohesive collection of Spanish Eclectic residences. This is the signature style that people envision when they think about Lakewood, and this is the most iconic house in the neighborhood.
This is an appropriate time to note that a dedicated group of neighbors in Lakewood is working with the City of Dallas to expand the original Lakewood Conservation District boundaries, formed in 1988. It’s hard to imagine but hundreds of the original homes on Lakewood, Lakeshore, Avalon, Tokalon, and Westlake are not protected. The current conservation district starts at Abrams and does not extend east of Brendenwood or Copperfield. Their goal is to ensure that new projects blend in with the original neighborhood character and ensure the historic importance and value of the neighborhood is maintained.
The 2,204-square-foot Lakewood Hutsell at 6969 Lakewood Blvd. has three bedrooms and three bathrooms and a guest house in the backyard. It’s listed with Compass agent Nancy Johnson for $1.649 million.
