According to the 1910 Polk City Directory, Albert Brown, manager of the Brown Livery, resided at 2480 Scottwood. By 1918, the city directory listed Mr. Brown with the the wording "Brown Garage-rear of 2141 Lawrence and 895 West Bancroft."
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.