reynolda was the home of two generations of the reynolds family. in 1935, mary reynolds babcock, the elder daughter, acquired the estate. she and her husband charles babcock used the house as their vacation home until 1948, at which time they moved permanently to reynolda. the property remained in the family for nearly 50 years. the museum has restored interior rooms and furnishings to reflect the periods when the family lived there. reynolda became affiliated with wake forest university in 2002.