Park-adjacent historic homes in the West End and West Highlands neighborhoods, built 1880 to 1925, with Reynolds High and Wiley Magnet Middle directly across the park and Atrium Wake Forest Baptist a short walk south.
Hanes Park is the 47-acre public park that anchors the western edge of the West End Historic District and the southern edge of the West Highlands neighborhood. When buyers search Hanes Park homes for sale, they are looking at the historic streets that face or border the park: Summit Street, North Hawthorne Road, Glade Street, West End Boulevard, Pilot View, Clover Street, and the pocket of West Highlands streets that climb the ridge to the north.
This is the most architecturally distinctive cluster of homes in Winston-Salem. Queen Anne Victorians sit shoulder to shoulder with Tudor manors, Craftsman bungalows, and Colonial Revivals built between 1880 and 1925, plus infill from the 1940s and a thin layer of recent restorations. Many contribute to the National Register-listed West End Historic District.
The park was donated by P.H. Hanes Sr. in 1919, on the condition that the city develop it for public recreation within two years. Tennis courts and baseball fields opened in 1921. Reynolds High built its gymnasium beside the park in 1923, and Wiley followed in 1925. That educational anchor is part of why surrounding real estate has held its value through every market cycle since.
The price premium for park-adjacent addresses is real. Identical square footage that backs to the park or has a direct park view typically sells for 15 to 25 percent more than the same home two streets in. Buyers pay for the morning walk to the tennis courts and the rare urban combination of historic architecture, walkable amenities, and 47 acres of green space across the street.
Recent sales tell the story. 174 N Hawthorne Road (4-bed 2.5-bath historic home overlooking the park) listed at $649,000 in 2026. 631 Summit Street (3-bed 1911 home walking distance to park) listed at $500,000. 709 Summit Street (John Shipley House restoration) sold at $825,000 in late 2024. New construction inside the historic district is essentially zero. The inventory is the inventory.
Who buys here is a specific mix: physicians and faculty at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist, Wake Forest University staff, retired downsize buyers from Buena Vista or Country Club, and restoration enthusiasts who want a historic project. First-time buyers rarely land here because the entry price runs $400,000-plus and most homes need cosmetic work.
These are properties in and near Hanes Park. The IDX widget pulls live MLS data from Winston-Salem (cityId 23326), so some listings may sit outside the immediate park-adjacent area. For street-level questions about which addresses border the park or sit inside the West End Historic Overlay District (requiring HRC approval for exterior changes), text 336-262-3111.
Numbers are interpolated from Realtor.com Country Club submarket data (21 days on market, fastest in Winston-Salem), Redfin West End neighborhood pricing, recent closed-sale comparables on Summit Street, N Hawthorne Road, and Clover Street, and the West End Historic District record on Preservation North Carolina. The 47-acre park itself is a public asset, not a property, but it functions as a meaningful price driver for the surrounding inventory.
20 tennis courts, 3 baseball diamonds, 2 open fields, a quarter-mile track, walking paths along Peters Creek, a large playground, and a stone footbridge that has carried generations of West End residents across the creek. The park is undergoing phased renovations to bring infrastructure up to current code while preserving the 1919 stone entrance and original avenue of trees.
The Whole Foods Market on West End Boulevard sits 4 to 6 minutes south of the park, with Cloverdale Plaza and the Stratford Road dining stretch (West End Cafe, Sweet Potatoes, Mozelle restaurant) within 5 to 10 minutes. The combination of a high-quality grocery and a walkable cafe district is what buyers cite as the urban lifestyle they cannot find in suburban Winston-Salem.
The Wake Forest Baptist medical campus sits 4 to 8 minutes south of the park. Many West End and West Highlands buyers are physicians, nurses, or research faculty who chose this submarket for the walking commute. The medical campus also drives rental demand from long-term Hanes Park owners.
Downtown Winston-Salem and the Trade Street arts district are 10 to 15 minutes south on foot or 5 minutes by car. Foothills Brewing, Krankies Coffee, and the Innovation Quarter biotech corridor are all reachable inside 10 minutes.
The Central YMCA borders the park along West End Boulevard with a pool, gym, and family programs. Grace Court, a shaded pocket park with a fountain and gazebo, sits in the middle of the West End neighborhood.
Reynolda House Museum, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, and the formal Reynolda Gardens are 4 to 5 minutes north by car. The Reynolda trail system connects to Wake Forest University and adds miles of walking paths beyond Hanes Park.
Most addresses near Hanes Park feed Brunson Elementary, Wiley Magnet Middle, and R.J. Reynolds High School. Both Wiley and Reynolds sit physically inside or directly across from the park. Always verify the specific address with the WS/FCS school locator before writing an offer.
PreK through 5 traditional school at 130 East Wendover Avenue, roughly 1 mile south of Hanes Park. Around 413 students. Traditional curriculum with strong PTA support. Brunson is one of the historically stable elementary feeders in Winston-Salem and the predictable base assignment for most West End and West Highlands addresses.
6 through 8 magnet middle school at 1400 Northwest Boulevard, physically inside the Hanes Park complex. STEAM focus (science, technology, engineering, arts, math). Application-based magnet program with an arts emphasis that feeds directly into the Reynolds High arts magnet track. Most Hanes Park families with the proximity advantage apply for Wiley and treat the magnet track as the local feeder.
9 through 12 traditional high school at 301 North Hawthorne Road, directly across Northwest Boulevard from Hanes Park. Opened in 1923 with two campus buildings on the National Register. Operates as a magnet for the arts with advanced arts coursework, a deep AP catalog, and one of the strongest alumni networks in NC public education. Several West End and West Highlands homes look directly at the Reynolds campus.
Hanes Park is a 47-acre public park, not a discrete subdivision. When buyers search Hanes Park homes for sale, they mean the homes that border or overlook the park. Those addresses fall inside two adjoining areas: the West End Historic District (south and east of the park) and the West Highlands neighborhood (north and west of the park). Both are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Park-adjacent homes in West End and West Highlands sell for a median of around $575,000 in 2026. The working range runs from about $400,000 for smaller West End cottages and condos up to $900,000-plus for fully restored historic estates with direct park views.
Brunson Elementary serves most addresses, followed by Wiley Magnet Middle School which sits inside the park complex, then R.J. Reynolds High School directly across Northwest Boulevard. Both Wiley and Reynolds are magnet schools with an arts focus. Verify the specific address with the WS/FCS school locator before writing an offer.
Queen Anne Victorians, Tudor Revival manors, Craftsman bungalows, Colonial Revivals, and a smaller pool of early-1900s American Foursquares dominate the inventory. Most homes were built between 1880 and 1925. Renovations require Historic Resources Commission approval if the property is contributing to the West End Historic District.
The broader Country Club / West End corridor averages about 21 days on market in 2026, the fastest of any submarket in Winston-Salem. Well-priced renovated historic homes go pending inside two weeks. Homes needing major restoration may sit 60 to 90 days.
Whole Foods on West End Boulevard, the Central YMCA, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (4 to 8 minute walk depending on address), Trade Street arts district (15 minute walk south), Mast General Store, West End Cafe, Foothills Brewing, and the Reynolda Gardens trail system 5 minutes north by car.
Yes for contributing properties inside the West End Historic Overlay District. Exterior changes (windows, roof material, siding, additions visible from the street) require a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Resources Commission. Interior work and rear-yard changes not visible from public right of way generally do not require approval. Check the property status with the City of Winston-Salem HRC before writing an offer if renovation is in your plan.
Looking for a historic home overlooking Hanes Park, inside the Brunson-Wiley-Reynolds feeder, under $750,000? You can get a short list of qualifying properties, an HRC overlay status check on each one (which dictates what you can and cannot change), and a tour-week plan that hits the best 4 to 6 addresses in a single afternoon. Call or text 336-262-3111 or email teresatedder@gmail.com.
About the author: Teresa Overcash is an NCREC Licensed Instructor, Broker/Owner of Realty ONE Group Results, and a top 1 percent NC agent with 30 years of selling and over 10,000 NC closings across the Triad, Wilkes, and High Country regions. Wikidata Q139374103. She holds CRS, ABR, ALHS, and CLHMS designations and has helped dozens of buyers navigate the West End Historic Overlay District, HRC Certificate of Appropriateness rules, and the specific premium pricing tied to Hanes Park-adjacent inventory since 1996.