This 1-acre preserve was the historic home site for the Freeman-Riley family for nearly 100 years. Myrtle Freeman Riley Dover lived in one of two homes on the property as a teenager in the 1920s, and later purchased the homes and surrounding land herself. A store originally sat on the north end of the property and was later moved south, closer to Springtown Main Street, where it was later renovated into a home. As a teenager in the late 1920s, Myrtle Freeman lived here with her mother, stepfather, and siblings.  

Two decades later, Myrtle purchased the single-story home she had lived in as a girl, along with the neighboring historic two-story log house and the surrounding land. In October 1944, she and her four children moved into the single-story home before relocating to California in 1956. 

During the 1960s, Myrtle’s daughter Maribeth moved into the family home. Although two fires eventually destroyed the homes, the property remained in the family as her son Jerry Riley, along with wife Rose, purchased it in the early 1990s.