M Poliakoff

Type of Store: Dry Goods

Years of Operation: 1910 - circa 1925

Location: 148 Laurens St SW, new Polier Building (currently the Whitney)

Family: Poliakoff (Moses)

Moses Poliakoff (1866-1922) operated as a peddler in Aiken County as early as 1902. He opened M Poliakoff Dry Goods store in the new Polier Building on Laurens St in 1910 and ran this store until his death in 1922, after which it was operated for a few more years by his son Nathan. Moses Poliakoff was a founding member of Adath Yeshurun synagogue and one of the Trustees who purchased land for the Sons of Israel section at Aiken’s Bethany Cemetery