Bessemer City s Central Drug Store closing after 94 years of business
A nearly century-old staple of Bessemer City will close its doors for good Monday.
During the early years of business, 112 W. Virginia Ave. was home to doctor and dentist offices upstairs, an upstairs beauty parlor, a barber shop in the basement and Central Drug Store on the street level, which opened in 1927.
“I guess they called it Central Drug because it was centrally located,” said Robby Putnam, who has owned Central Drug of Bessemer City with his wife, Melissa Putnam, since 1997. Robby’s father, Jesse, filled prescriptions at the store beginning in the late 1950s and bought Central Drug in 1961.