Architecturally Significant Dines and Kraft Home in Lakewood

Dines and Kraft 1923 historic home in the Lakewood Conservation District of the Lakewood neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. — The wide porte cochere and balcony porches help define this 1923 historic home by Dines and Kraft in the now Lakewood Conservation District at 6633 Country Club Circle of Dallas.

6633 Country Club Circle, Dallas, Texas

English Style Estate Home Overlooking Lakewood Golf Course – Sold by Douglas Newby

The finest neighborhoods have an anchor of architectural styles and architects. The best neighborhoods also convey a sense of community. The home at 6633 Country Club Circle exemplifies both of these qualities.

Dines and Kraft Designed Homes were Prevalent in Lakewood in the 1920s

6633 Country Club Circle built by Dines and Kraft in 1923, now in the Lakewood Conservation District, Dallas, Texas. — This aerial photograph shows the prominence of 6633 Country Club Circle in the prime position across from the Lakewood Country Club Golf Course.

In the 1920s, Dines and Kraft were responsible for many of the English style estate homes still enjoyed today in the Lakewood Conservation District, including this historic home at 6633 Country Club Circle. This historic and architecturally significant home at 6633 Country Club Circle enjoys the prime position on an island of only 14 significant homes that look across the golf course of Lakewood Country Club to a clear view of downtown Dallas.

Desirability of a Country Club Circle Home

Lakewood Country Club Golf Course has a primary view of the Lakewood Conservation District historic home at 6633 Country Club Circle in Dallas, Texas. — Here is the view of the Lakewood Country Club Golf Course from the front lawn, front windows, or front porches of 6633 Country Club Circle.

Besides only having 14 homes on Country Club Circle, there are few cars driving by except for those of the occasional homeowner on the street. While secluded, Country Club Circle connects on both ends to Gaston Avenue, a street that connects downtown Dallas to White Rock Lake.

Lakewood Golf Course Is Your Visual Park

Aerial view Lakewood Country Club Golf Course that is 130 acres just a few miles from downtown Dallas and one mile away from White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas. — This aerial view of the Lakewood Country Club Golf Course reminds us of how large an area 130 acres is, particularly when it is filled with grass and trees.

I have often said it’s not how much land a home is on that is important, it is how much land is next to you – a trail, a park, an estate lot, a golf course. Here you will have a 180° view of nature – manicured lawns punctuated with trees and with a backdrop of trees.

Views of Nature from Front Yard, Windows and Balconies

A pattern of sunlight is created on the hardwood floors of 6633 Country Club Circle in the Lakewood Conservation District of Dallas, Texas. — At 6633 Country Club Circle, this composition of living room windows provides two different views. One view looks outside at the endless acres of green grass and trees. The other view is the pattern of sunlight these divided light windows create on the hardwood floors of the living room.

From the front yard, the many windows, the front porches and second floor balcony, you will enjoy uncontested views of the endless undulating golf course and the surrounding trees. These 130 acres of nature also allow unobstructed cooling breezes that blow in from the southeast.

Architect Designed Buildings of the Dallas Skyline are Always in View

The Dallas skyline of architecturally significant high-rises is always in view as a backdrop for the neighborhood. Beyond the golf course and in the foreground of the skyline, you will see the much beloved and ornate tower of the original Lakewood Theater. Even with summer tree foliage, the Dallas downtown skyline, framed by trees, is always in view from the home at 6633 Country Club Circle.

Lakewood Sense of Community

The home at 6633 Country Club Circle is removed from traffic, but is immersed in the Lakewood community. The Lakewood Country Club is a big part of the Lakewood community for those who are members and for those who are not. Lakewood Country Club members on the golf course have always enjoyed the view of this iconic 1923 English style estate home as they go by. It represents the architecture that many people love about Lakewood.

Lakewood 4th of July Fireworks

The 4th of July fireworks display from the Lakewood Country Club golf course brings neighbors out to see their friends and the celebratory fireworks. The front lawn of 6633 Country Club Circle is the front porch of the Lakewood fireworks.

4th of July Lakewood Parade

The Lakewood neighborhood 4th of July parade runs through the Lakewood Conservation District Dallas neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. — For old fashioned neighborhood family fun, the Lakewood parade is the best in Dallas. Here, you see it moving through the Lakewood Conservation District.

The Lakewood parade is the best 4th of July parade in Dallas. Homeowners and families line the streets for a parade in which Lakewood families have participated for years. It is good old fashioned fun as it travels through the Lakewood Conservation District.

White Rock Lake is a Dallas Attraction and a Neighborhood Feature

White Rock Lake is one of the most popular areas of Dallas and a vital part of the Dallas neighborhood of Lakewood. — White Rock Lake is less than a mile away, an easy jog or bicycle ride to one Dallas’ favorite places from 6633 Country Club Circle in Dallas.

White Rock Lake is a much-loved Dallas destination and in Lakewood a well used neighborhood feature. From Country Club Circle, White Rock Lake is only a mile away. The new Lakewood YMCA and its outdoor swimming pool is only a few blocks away.

Lakewood Shopping Center is Within Walking Distance

Lakewood Shopping Center has all the practical day-to-day stores one might need, like a Whole Foods or a hardware store. Lakewood Shopping Center also has traditional Lakewood restaurants that are family favorites. Increasingly, Lakewood Shopping Center has become the home for stylish coffee shops besides Starbucks and fashionable chef-owned restaurants. The vibrancy of Lakewood increases without losing its neighborhood feel. The Lakewood Shopping Center is only three blocks from 6633 Country Club Circle.

Architectural Splendor of 6633 Country Club Circle

1920s entry of a historic Lakewood home at 6633 Country Club Circle in the Lakewood Conservation District in Dallas. — One enters 6633 Country Club Circle and immediately realizes the original elegance of a historic home created by Dines and Kraft.

One enters the home to a series of arched openings and of arched divided light windows, with the original carved banister wrapping its way to the second floor.

Formal Living Room Opens to Many Other Rooms

This Dallas, Texas, neighborhood home is in the Lakewood Conservation District, a part of the Lakewood Dallas neighborhood. — This formal living room at 6633 Country Club Circle in Dallas has elegant windows and many arched doors opening into other rooms.

The entrance hall opens to a large formal living room that then opens through a pair of arched glass paned doors to the sunroom sitting area and an open double passageway to the formal dining room.

Formal living room and formal dining room at 6633 Country Club Circle in the Lakewood Conservation District of Dallas. — The elegant sun-filled formal living room of 6633 Country Club Circle has a double passageway with French doors that open to a very large formal dining room that also has hardwood floors.

Primary Bedroom View of Nature

At this Lakewood Conservation District home designed by Dines and Kraft at 6633 Country Club Circle in Dallas, Texas, you will find this lovely primary bedroom. — The primary bedroom of 6633 Country Club Circle has some of the best views of the golf course and downtown Dallas. It also opens to the sunroom sitting area and balcony that share these views.

The primary bedroom’s collage of windows frames the blue sky in the arched transom and frames the endless views of the undulating lawns and trees of the golf course in the large center window and extends the views of green in the side lights. The arched single door opens to the sunroom sitting area that shares these splendid views. The primary bedroom balcony extends outside from the bedroom sunroom and offers glamorous views of the golf course and the Dallas downtown skyline.