Aiken Jewish Merchant Sites — 1920

Many Jewish merchants who initially came here as peddlers in the 1890s & early 1900s transitioned to opening retail stores in town, often opening multiple stores in the same family. By 1920, there were at least 10 Jewish owned stores in downtown Aiken.

Each of these stores are numbered to correspond with their location on the map above. To learn more about these early Aiken Jewish merchants, click the store names below:

1. HL Polier’s

2. Polier’s Barber Shop

3. Augusta Polier Millinery

4. JR Poliakoff

5. M Poliakoff

6. Surasky's Department Store

7. Surasky Brothers Dep’t Store

8. M Rudnick, Famous Bargain Store

9. Jacob Wolf Men’s Store

10. Model Style Shop