Englewood Makes History

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  • Save Our Neighborhood Schools (SONS) was an organization that opposed racial desegregation efforts in Englewood. According to the organization's leader, George Hatab, SONS believed that it was not the duty of the Englewood Board of Education to promote desegregation of schools…
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  • The Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church began in 1892 with gatherings held in private homes.
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  • The Sisterhood of the Congregation Ahavath Torah is an organization that organizes events and fundraising for their community. 
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  • The Social Service Federation of Englewood emerged from the civic reform spirit that characterized the turn of the twentieth century. Its roots trace back to 1898, when members of the Woman’s Club of Englewood organized boys’ clubs to provide structured recreation and moral…
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  • St. Anthony's Orthodox Church was the first Pan-Orthodox Parish in North America. In 1956 Mitchell Moore, Theodore Maloof, Abraham G. Debs, George Shamyer, Edward Deeb, Alex Sahadi, and George A. Hatab started the mission. They began the congregation at St. Paul's Episcopal…
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  • St. Cecilia Interparochial School was an elementary school associated with the St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church in Englewood. It closed in 2011 or 2012.

  • St. Cecilia High School was a catholic school connected to the St. Cecilia Church in Englewood. Most famously, Vincent Lombardi worked at the school as an athletic coach and led football and basketball teams to national championships. It closed in 1986.

  • The St. Cecilia Congregation began when the parish of Fort Lee was divided in 1863. Reverand Patrick Corrigan was the community's first spiritual leader. In 1866, the Catholic Church completed the construction at St.Cecilia’s Church after Reverand Dr. Henry Brann initiated the…
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  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church was organized in 1865. The first church building was finished in 1866. The second church building was finished in 1899. The Parish House was completed in 1916. The east side addition was built in 1922. The first priest was Ozi William Whitaker.
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  • Teaneck High School is a public school. In 1922 the land was purchased to build the high school and students from grades seven through tenth began attending in 1929. The building was constructed in the Collegiate Gothic style, leading to students giving the school the nickname…
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