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SPRING 2023 EXHIBTION | 1969: Reflection & Reimagination

We are thrilled to announce that the Wake Forest Historical Museum will host a selection of works from Wake Forest University’s Mark H. Reece Collection of Student-Acquired Contemporary Art. The exhibition will run through June 2022.

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The Historic Lake and Patterson Houses

August 24, 2019March 7, 2022 wakeforestmuseum 9 comments

It’s strange how these homes, inextricably linked to one of Wake Forest’s most important families, went on the market on exactly the same day. One is […]

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Aerial Photo of Wake Forest College Campus, 1920

1920 Bird’s-Eye View

July 30, 2019November 11, 2020 wakeforestmuseum No comments

This 1920 aerial photo of campus and a portion of downtown is packed with tantalizing details! The image appeared in the 1921 Bulletin of Wake Forest […]

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The Wake Forester and D-Day

June 4, 2019November 11, 2020 wakeforestmuseum No comments

Just five years after graduating from Wake Forest College, Charles M. Allen, Jr., found himself in Europe as an Aerial Reconnaissance Photographer with the U.S. Army […]

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The Community House Pool

May 9, 2019November 11, 2020 wakeforestmuseum 1 comment

It’s not hard to imagine the excitement back in 1940 when the Town of Wake Forest decided to build a swimming pool in the three-acre hollow […]

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  • Wake Forest History

Archaeology Workshop at the Ailey Young House

April 23, 2019March 7, 2022 wakeforestmuseum No comments

The Wake Forest Historic Preservation Commission will host an Archaeology Workshop on Saturday, April 27, at the site of the Ailey Young House. Two sessions will […]

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The Wake Forest Graded School

April 11, 2019June 4, 2019 wakeforestmuseum 7 comments

Many Wake Foresters have heard the stories. Back in the fogs of time, this place on the corner of Pine and Wingate was the town school. […]

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