E. Louis Schomberg, a vice-president of the Merchants & Clerks Savings Bank, lived at 2731 Scottwood in 1918. A daughter, Gertrude, was also listed as a resident in the Polk City Directory from that year.
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.