Old Wake Forest Campus

Founded in 1834 wake forest university is a private university located in winston salem n c.

Old wake forest campus.

The old campus in wake forest was sold to the baptist state convention to establish the southeastern baptist theological seminary. On april 27 1962 wake forest s board of trustees voted to accept edward reynolds a native of the african nation of ghana as the first black full time undergraduate at the school. The following account is a haunted legend that grew up around the alumni building which served as wake forest college s first medical school. In 1902 the medical school began on the old campus but moved to downtown winston salem in 1941 several years before the college law and.

You will receive instructions on how to register for a tour after completing one of those requirements. The clarkson campus is approximately ten miles from the main campus of wake forest baptist medical center. The building located where the sebts jacumin simpson continue reading. Opened its doors in 1956.

We are a vibrant and diverse academic community where our students study in one or more of the 42 majors and program we offer within our six colleges and schools. The primary activities at the clarkson campus are research and training. Wake forest is offering limited campus tours for high school seniors who have completed an interview with wfu admissions or submitted an application to the university. Alumni who attended in wake forest nc revisit their campus and connect with old friends while current students learn more about the history of wake forest.

Attend a c2c 1834 wake forest road winston salem nc 27109. The campus was named in honor of thomas b clarkson jr to recognize his accomplishments during his 58 year career at wake forest school of medicine. The letters wfc can still be found in ironwork around campus. Join the movement that is building relationships as wake foresters connect through honest meaningful conversation.

Its physical facilities consist of more than 80 buildings most of which are of modified georgian architecture and constructed of old virginia brick trimmed in granite. The wake forest school of law was founded in 1894 in the town of wake forest and since moving to the reynolda campus has grown into one of the most competitive law schools in the united states. Strange happenings on the old campus. Wake forest was the first.

The reynolda campus of wake forest which opened in the summer of 1956 upon the institution s move from its original home near raleigh is situated on approximately 340 acres.