2708 Scottwood was the home of Rudolph Muhme, a bookkeeper with Metzger Seed & Oil Company, according to the 1911 city directory. Harry Bradley, a traffic manager for the Ann Arbor Railroad, lived here in 1921. Joesph Bradley roomed here.
2844 Scottwood near Collins Street was built in 1923. The home was erected on lot #4 of J. P. Coates' Parkwood Heights Addition. According to a 1924 Polk City Directory, the first residents of the home were Clarence M. Davis and his wife Bessie. Mr. Davis was a salesman for the R. A. Bartley Company which was a wholesale grocery business and importer of Japan teas. Interestingly, they become owners of record in 1938.