Sheffield Public Library -- Alfred Huger Moses Room

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Title

Sheffield Public Library -- Alfred Huger Moses Room

Subject

Sheffield,. Alabama; Colbert County; Afred Hugler Moses; Jewish Settlement

Description

The Alfred Huger Moses Room, which is located in the annex of the Sheffield Public Library (on Montgomery Avenue ), was made possible, in part, by funding from the descendants of Alfred Huger Moses (founder and first mayor of Sheffield).

The room was dedicated 104 years after the founding of Sheffield.

Adeline Moses, one of Alfred's daughters, married Carl Loeb, founder of Loeb Rhodes in New York City. Her children and grandchildren were in attendance at the dedication of the room.

Creator

Pam Kingsbury

Source

Sheffield Historic Society.

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey.

Date

circa 1989 to the present.

Rights

Sheffield Historical Society.

Type

Illustration and text.