The west side of the 800 block of Ninth St. remained undeveloped until the late 1940s. At that point, a multi-storefront structure was built, followed by two detached structures. From the 1950 city directory: 803 Walsh’s Drive In Restaurant 805 Sears Launderette Piedmont Coffee Service Inc Carolina School of Watch Making 807 Vendapak Co 809 Carolina Baseball League 811 Sears Wholesale Co Inc confrs 813-15 Royal Sandwich & Food Company
