748-752 NINTH

744-752 Ninth St., 08.29.63
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

Built in the early 1920s, 748-752 Ninth St. housed Bowen’s Barber Shop at 748, Universal Stores Inc at 750, and Pender Stores Co at 752 in 1926.

1930:

748 West Durham Market meats
750 Moser’s Barber Shop
752 Universal Stores Co Inc (br) bros

1930s-1940s

748 Tally’s Market meats
750 Ninth St Barber Shop
752 Universal Stores gros

1950s-1970s

748 Whit’s Grill
750 Rambeau’s Barber Shop
752 Wagner’s Little Food Store

1975

748 Whit’s Grill
750 Ray’s Barber Shop
752 Sugar Plum Shop baker sup

1980

748 Vacant
750 Universal Hair Designs
752 Fields Shoe Repairs

1990

748 Mister Hoagie restaurant
750 Bahn’s Cuisine restr
752 Jin Shoe Repairs


Presently, 748 is occupied by Chubby's Tacos, 750 is still occupied by Bahn's (one of my favorite places to get cheap eats when I was a college student in the late 80s-early 90s) and 752 by Jin's Cleaners



748-752 Ninth St., 04.05.09

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