1 10 3 https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/files/original/fa346d03ead62ffa2f21bdc5e739e594.jpg e1ffd8c1bfea993ca2e45913e37ed6cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Organizations and Institutions Places A fixed location. Metadata for a place provides descriptive information that is the basis of discovery of the creation, purpose, and agents associated with a place. Date Started 1859 1860 Type of Institution Religious Source of File Attached “<a href="http://www.englewoodpres.org/">Home: First Presbyterian Church of Englewood</a>.” FPCE. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Presbyterian Church of Englewood Subject The topic of the resource Religion, Christianity Description An account of the resource The First Presbyterian Church was the first church in Englewood and the first of its denomination in Bergen County. The congregation began in 1859 and met at John M. Deuel's schoolhouse. A chapel was completed on March 25, 1860. The first pastor was Reverand James Harrison. Dwight Chapel belonged to the First Presbyterian Church. The Church cornerstone was laid on February 22, 1869. It was finished in 1883 on Palisade Avenue and William Street. It was later moved to Palisade and Lafayette Avenues. The first Reverand of the chapel was James Eells. He was succeeded on May 2, 1897, by Reverand Samuel Munce Hamilton. Reverand Bruce S. Wright was the third leader of the church from October to December 1918. Reverand Robert Davis served as minister in 1919. Reverand Carl H. Elmore began that same year and served until 1944. Reverand Sr. Edwin O. Kennedy succeeded him. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Englewood's First Presbyterian Church Oldest of This Denomination In Country." The Record, 17 Oct. 1949, p.11. “<a href="http://www.englewoodpres.org/">Home: First Presbyterian Church of Englewood</a>.” FPCE. <div></div> "Presbyterians in Englewood Start Jubilee." The Record, 3 Oct. 1934, p.8. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colman, David Ludder, Rachelle Religion https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/files/original/3cf970631af6d1aeead00649b6c9aafe.png c4740f6fd5c094d8df4524166ff0c644 https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/files/original/1417ee1b2d40aa10c31e9c520b4f9b79.jpg 26407e83a0c5b9c28eb96b5097ba284c https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/files/original/be918ef3c1586c73f841484f12d6b41d.jpg 6034c75c38964a4ec4d118539b8b83f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People People An individual. Metadata for a person provides detailed biographical information to describe the life of a historical figure. Occupation Clergyman Professor Activist, Civil Rights Birth Date 1855-09-15? Birthplace Georgia, USA Death Date 1948-03-16 Source of File Attached "Irwin William Langston Roundtree in Wright/Howell Family Tree", Ancestry. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Roundtree, Irwin William Langston "Dominie" (1855?-1948) Subject The topic of the resource Religion, Christianity Activism, Civil Rights Politics, State Description An account of the resource Irwin William Langston “Dominie” Roundtree was born into slavery in Georgia sometime in the mid-1850s, though the precise year of his birth remains uncertain. Census records, seminary files, and Roundtree’s own recollections offer conflicting dates, ranging from 1855 to 1860. What is clear is that he experienced slavery firsthand and was old enough to remember emancipation. He later recalled the moment of freedom as one marked by prayer, hand-shaking, and the singing of plantation songs—an event that shaped his lifelong commitment to education, religion, and racial uplift. Denied formal schooling while enslaved, Roundtree began his education only after emancipation, attending brief country schools taught by Black Union veterans and learning to read and write through church-based instruction. His father, a preacher, insisted that education and faith go hand in hand, even when long distances and economic hardship made schooling difficult. As a young man, Roundtree was forced to leave school repeatedly to work on farms, in sawmills, and on railroads across the post-war South, saving money whenever possible to continue his studies. Roundtree’s determination carried him through an extraordinary educational journey. He studied at the Cookman Institute in Florida, the Home Missionary Baptist School in Live Oak, Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, supporting himself as a laborer, teacher, hotel waiter, and bootblack. After teaching and pastoring in Virginia, he entered Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey, and later studied at Princeton Theological Seminary. While at Princeton, he also enrolled in graduate study at the College of New Jersey, earning a Master of Arts degree in 1895 after completing advanced coursework in philosophy under Professor Alexander T. Ormond. By the late nineteenth century, Roundtree had become a respected minister, educator, and public intellectual in New Jersey. He served for twenty-five years as pastor of Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Trenton, during which time he also studied law and pursued admission to the New Jersey Bar. His belief in education as the foundation of Black advancement led him to advocate strongly for school reform and industrial education, aligning in many respects with the philosophy of Booker T. Washington. Roundtree’s influence extended beyond Trenton to Englewood, New Jersey, where he served as pastor of an African Methodist Episcopal congregation that worshipped at Dwight Chapel, a facility managed by the local Presbyterian church. In the early 1890s, his ministry there became the center of a public controversy. Newspaper accounts reported that Roundtree was barred from using Dwight Chapel following a dispute with the Presbyterian authorities who controlled the building. The incident exposed racial and denominational tensions in Englewood and underscored the precarious position of Black congregations that depended on white-controlled religious spaces. The episode brought public attention to Roundtree as both a religious leader and a figure willing to challenge institutional inequality. In addition to his religious work, Roundtree was deeply involved in Republican politics in New Jersey, advocating for civil rights, racial equality, and anti-lynching legislation at a time when such positions required political courage. Even late in life, his pursuit of learning did not slow. In 1929, he traveled to England to study at the University of Oxford, an achievement widely celebrated in the Black press as the culmination of a sixty-year quest for education that had begun in slavery. Irwin W. L. Roundtree died in 1948, leaving behind a legacy that bridged slavery and the modern civil rights struggle. His life reflected a relentless commitment to education, faith, and public service—and in places like Englewood, his story also reveals the local struggles over race, power, and access that shaped northern Black life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. "The News In Brief." The Courier-News, 23 Mar. 1891, p.3. "Final Vote In Bergen." The Record, 21 May 1936, p.2. "Conclusion of the Conference of the A.M.E. Church." The Courier-News, 8 May 1890, p. 1. "Son of Slaves Finishing Oxford Course." Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser, March 8, 1931. Activism African American Civil Rights Politics Religion Slavery https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/files/original/8bce39739936bca1a674288eeb1f2be0.jpg 76b6a7d28313809e54d81ac51f3551cd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Organizations and Institutions Places A fixed location. Metadata for a place provides descriptive information that is the basis of discovery of the creation, purpose, and agents associated with a place. Type of Place Places of Worship Type of Institution Religious Source of File Attached "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/shilohamezionenglewood/photos_by">Shiloh AME Zion Church Englewood</a>." Facebook. Date Started 1892 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Subject The topic of the resource Religion, Christianity Description An account of the resource The Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church began in 1892 with gatherings held in private homes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "60 Groups Worshipping in City, Boro." The Record, 2 June 1959, p.C-14. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colman, David Ludder, Rachelle Religion