Englewood Makes History

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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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  • St. John’s Lutheran Church was one of Englewood’s prominent Protestant congregations in the early twentieth century and reflected the strong German Lutheran presence in Bergen County at the time. Founded in the late nineteenth or very early twentieth century, the church had…

  • 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. 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.

  • 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. 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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  • John Thomas Spruill, Sr. (1924–2016) was a community leader, civil rights activist, and devoted family man. Born in Haverstraw, New York, and educated in Congers, Pratt Institute, and the E. Wellington Foltz School of Music, he developed both technical skills and a gifted…

  • Robert Elliott Speer (1867–1947) was one of Englewood’s most distinguished residents, balancing his international missionary leadership with an active commitment to local civic life. From his home in Englewood, he served not only as secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign…

  • Margaret Bailey Speer was born on November 20, 1900 in Englewood, the second child of Robert Elliott Speer and Emma Doll Bailey. Her father was a prominent figure in the Presbyterian missionary movement (he served as Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions),…
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