Mrs. Watson lived in basement of the Bellevieu Building and advertised her tourist home in the Green Book from 1947 to 1953, although she continued to live in the building after she stopped advertising.
Between Baltimore and Washington, DC along US 1, there were few places African Americans could stay. The Waterloo Tourist Cabins were establish in the late 1930s for travelers.
Despite the change of ownership between 1921 and 1947, the garage remained known as Jack's Garage on Wilson Street until it was sold by William Lloyd Adams and Chandler V. Wynne to the Trustees of Muhammad's Holy Temple of Island No. 6 Inc. in 1959. The building continues to be used as a Black Muslim mosque.
