The 1907 city direcory listed Percy Summers, a purchasing agent, as the occupant of 2459 Scottwood. In later years Mr Summers became the advertising manager of the Toledo Times.
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.