Local History Index: Business Index
Sussex Business Notes
Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly
Last Revised 05/17/2005
A short time later his (George Podolske) business had outgrown the cramped rented space in the old furniture store. He moved into the building immediately west which remained the base of his operations for the next half century. this building, though gone now, will forever be known as the "Podolske Building".
The structure had been used as a horse harness shop but with the coming of the auto that business had died. It had been converted to a pool hall by a Mr. Schiffman, but Sussex proved to be too pious for this supposed den of iniquity, and it too died, Mr. Schiffman, known as a long talker, prevailed on Podolske to purchase the building on a land contract type of transaction.
