Montgomery Avenue - Business District

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Title

Montgomery Avenue - Business District

Subject

Montgomery Avenue; Sheffield, Alabama; Colbert County; Jewish Owned Businesses

Description

Most of the earliest merchants in Sheffield, Alabama were of Jewish descent and came to the area in the mid 1880's. The earliest Jewish families were the Spielbergers who owned a dry goods and clothing store, Speilbergers and Sons at 217-219 Montgomery Avenue.

Other Jewish owned businesses included: Philip Olin who sold boots, shoes, and clothing, H. Goodman and A. E. Goodman who sold furniture and general merchandise, and Cohen Mercantile, which was located at the intersection of Montgomery and Cohen.

Creator

Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama

Source

Sheffield Historical Society

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

circa 1885

Rights

Special Collection, Sadie Schrader Collection, Collier Library, University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama.

Type

Text and photograph.