When he and his wife Althea bought the property, it was called "Lindero Ranch."
They ranched the property and had a home on the now cropped hill where present day Penrod Drive ends.
The district's synagogue has become a major center of Jewish culture in the area, and every Shabbat local Orthodox Jews can be seen walking to and from the synagogue along major roads throughout Agoura Hills.
The Reyes Adobe museum is located in the eastern part of the Lake Lindero district.
The historic Reyes Adobe Museum (c. 1820), from the Rancho Las Virgenes, is owned by the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department, was built in the mid-2000s around the site of the old adobe.