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2465 Scottwood in 1907 and '10 was the home of Gustavus Gessner Jr. and Mary (Booth) Gressner. Mr. Gessner was a civil engineer with the Riggs & Sherman Company. His biography and personal photograph appeared in Toledo & Lucas County Vol. 3 on page 228. The 1910 Polk City Directory also listed Lizzie Saari as the live-in domestic. By 1918, physician Edwin Tucker who limited his practice to the diseases of the skin was the resident. | |||||
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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.
