Englewood Makes History

Browse Items (105 total)

  • The Catholic Daughters of America was a Charitable sorority for catholic women. The Court Madonna No. 258 Branch in Englewood was founded in 1915.
    Tags , , ,

  • The Church of God in Christ is a Christian church in Englewood. The church has had numerous spiritual leaders including Reverand C.C. Chapman. Steven Schwartz is one of the most recent pastors. One of the church's structures was created on October 18, 1934.

  • The Cleveland Elementary School was created in 1910. It taught grades kindergarten through six.
    Tags

  • The Community Baptist Church was founded in 1932. The parishioners are majority African American. Under Reverand Joseph M. Wilson two plots of land were purchased to build a new church in the 1940s. In 1949, a cornerstone for the new church was laid. From the 1970s to the 1990s,…
    Tags ,

  • The Congregation Ahavath Torah is an Orthodox synagogue in Englewood. The synagogue was developed first in 1895 by eight families and evolved into the Ahavath Torah. In 1911 a location was purchased at 33 Humphery Street. It moved to Englewood Avenue in 1958. According to the…
    Tags

  • The Congress of Racial Equality was founded in 1942. A group of interracial students in Chicago established the group. The organization was heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement and eventually worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Tags , , ,

  • The Bergen County Branch of the Congress of Racial Equality.
    Tags , , ,

  • Donald Quarles Early Childhood Center is a public school that teaches Preschool and kindergarten. It opened in September of 1959.
    Tags

  • Dwight Morrow High School is a public high school in Englewood. The school opened in 1932 and graduated its first class in 1934. Named after banker, ambassador, and senator, Dwight Morrow, the high school brought students together from all of the city’s four wards and became one…
    Tags

  • The Dwight-Englewood School is an independent college-preparatory school. It teaches pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. There are three schools, the lower school, the middle school, and the upper school. It is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools…
    Tags
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2