In 1888, it appears that the estate of John Geghan sold 2.49 acres to I.W. Richardson, general manager of the Bottle Glass Company, for $1,750. The home was built in 1884 for Mr. Geghan, but he passed away shortly after.

David Richardson, son of I.W. Richardson, sold the home in 1911 for $1,800 to Len L. Sr. and Dolly Trout. The Trouts lived there until 1911, then sold it to the D.S. Brown Company for $4,650. The D.S. Brown Company opened a factory in North Baltimore in 1916. Maurice Brown, son of D.S. Brown, managed the firm with his brothers and other family members. Maurice could see the factory from the upper bedroom window, and when a red light came on indicating that the plant had shut down, he would walk to the factory to restart the generator.

 After World War II, the D.S. Brown Company sold the home to Harry Thompson. In 1956, Mr. Thompson sold the home to Frank and Ruth Paden.

The Padens converted the house into a funeral home and had living quarters on the 2nd floor of the house. Several additions have been made to the house. The Paden’s sold the house in 1983 to Jeffery Smith, who then sold it to Colden Funeral home for $300,000. The house later became Smith-Crates Funeral Home, which it remains today.