Off-Campus Buildings

Bowman Gray School of Medicine

The Bowman Gray School of Medicine is now called The Wake Forest University School of Medicine. It was founded in 1902 but moved to Winston-Salem in 1941. Bowman Gray Sr., the namesake of the building, was at one point the President of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co, the first non-Reynolds to do so. In 2016, the five-floor, 168,000-square-foot Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education opened in a former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco facility in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, located in Downtown Winston-Salem. This building also houses the Wake Forest engineering department and other undergraduate classes and labs in the STEM field.

David F. Couch Ballpark

The David F. Couch Ballpark (formerly named the Ernie Shore Field). It was the home of the Winston-Salem minor league baseball team until it was purchased by the University in 2009 after the Winston-Salem Dash moved to their new stadium. At this point the field was called the Gene Hooks ballpark, in honor of former Wake Forest athletic director, Gene Hooks. In 2016 it was renamed again to the David F. Couch Ballpark, after the former baseball player (’84).

Deacon Place Apartments

Deacon Place is a residential apartment complex containing 12 buildings and both apartment and townhouse-style units. It was built in 2017 and bought by the University in 2018. Each apartment can house 3-4 students with a private bathroom, living, and kitchen space. Deacon Place also has a clubhouse with a study room and fitness center, as well as outdoor spaces including a community pool.

Groves Stadium

The stadium is part of a larger complex east of Reynolda campus including the David F. Couch Ballpark and the LJVM Coliseum. The stadium consists of 2 grandstands on either side, behind one is McCreary Tower, named after alumnus Bob McCreary. The Tower houses press boxes and box suites. The southeast end zone is known as “Deacon Hill” and is used for extra seating during games.

Groves Stadium was dedicated in 1968 and named in honor of Henry Herman Groves Sr. as well as his two brothers, Earl T. and L. Craig Groves. When the decision to move to Winston-Salem was announced, Henry and Earl Groves made financial commitments to the College. Before Groves Stadium (in Winston-Salem) was built, the Deacs played at Bowman Gray Stadium. Charles H. Babcock donated 77 acres of land for the project construction for which began in 1967. In 2007 BB&T Bank, which is headquartered in Winston-Salem, signed a deal to rename it the BB&T Stadium. In 2020, it was renamed again to Truist Stadium after the merger between BB&T and Suntrust banks. The name was changed once again to the Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium after they became the official banking partner of Wake Forest Athletics.

Graylyn International Conference Center

The Graylyn Estate Hotel and Conference Center, formerly “Graylyn” was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Gray and their family. Construction began in 1928 in the Norman Revival architectural style. The estate was donated to Wake Forest University in 1972. Eight years later, the manor house was restored to its “original magnificence” after a fire.

Lawrence Joel Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

(aka “The Joel”) The Joel has been home to the Wake Forest Basketball teams since its opening in 1989. The coliseum is named after Winston-Salem’s only Congressional Medal of Honor winner, Lawrence Joel. Lawrence was an Army medic who saved more than a dozen American soldiers in an ambush during the Vietnam War. Outside the arena, small monuments remember hundreds of Forsyth County armed forces members.

President’s Home

Built in 1929 for Ralph and Dewitt Hanes, the house was donated to the University in 1988 for use as the president’s residence. Conceived and designed by famed New England architect Julian Peabody, the house remains a wonderful example of the country estate style popular at the time. Today the President’s Home continues the tradition of warm and gracious entertaining and hospitality extended by the Hanes family.

Ralph Hanes (1898-1973) was the son of John Wesley Hanes, who founded Hanes Hosiery Mills after selling the family’s tobacco business to another prominent local businessman, Richard Joshua Reynolds. Ralph Hanes graduated from Yale University and worked in sales at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and in banking in New York City before returning to Winston-Salem where he founded Hanes Dye and Finishing. When he was 25, he married Dewitt Chatham (1899-1997), whose family owned Chatham Manufacturing, the largest manufacturer of blankets in the world at one time.

Reynolda House

Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband Richard Joshua Reynolds (founder of the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company) built the estate and model farm in 1917. Two generations of Reynolds lived there until 1963, the house became an art museum in 1967. Surrounding the house is Reynolda Village, which hosts many shops and restaurants. The estate has an extensive network of trails that connect to Wake Forest campus. The Museum’s vast art collection includes three centuries of work and features the masterpieces of artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, Thomas Eakins, and Jacob Lawrence.

University Corporate Center

This building began as the global headquarters of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and was given to the university by RJR Nabisco in 1987. Located near the Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium on Reynolds Boulevard, the space is now shared with the University, Alight, and Pepsi Company. Since March 20, 2025 the building now hosts a child care facility open to the public but with priority for Wake Forest faculty and staff.