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Ferber, Fred
Fred Ferber was an inventor, manufacturer, and environmental advocate whose life and work were closely tied to Englewood, New Jersey, where he lived, built his business, and participated actively in civic life. From his factory on West Sheffield Avenue, Ferber helped transform… -
Ferber Pen Corporation Factory
The Ferber Corporation was a pioneering manufacturer of ballpoint pens based in Englewood, New Jersey, that played a significant role in stabilizing and professionalizing the ballpoint pen industry after its volatile post–World War II debut. At a time when early ballpoint pens… -
Lyons, Romola
Dr. Romola Lyons was a pioneering physician whose career combined clinical medicine, public health education, and civic leadership in Englewood, New Jersey, during the mid-twentieth century. A graduate of elite institutions and a respected hospital physician, Lyons played a key… -
West Side Presbyterian Church
West Side Presbyterian Church was a cornerstone of Englewood’s civic, spiritual, and cultural life for more than a century. Founded in 1896 as the West Side Union Chapel, the congregation first worshiped in a modest building known as Dwight Chapel at the corner of Palisade… -
Hinton, Theodore
The Hinton family’s history in Englewood spans more than a century and traces a remarkable arc from enslavement in the antebellum South to legal, civic, and residential leadership in 20th-century New Jersey. At its foundation was Nancy Lee Sears, who was born into slavery on a… -
Hinton, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Sears Hinton (c. 1878–1986) Elizabeth Sears Hinton was a lifelong Englewood resident whose life bridged the era of slavery and the modern civil-rights century. She died in 1986 at the age of 104, having spent nearly three decades as one of the city’s elder witnesses… -
Leonard Johnson Day Care
The Leonard Johnson Day Care Center emerged in late-1960s Englewood, New Jersey as part of a broader local and national push to expand childcare access for working families, particularly low-income and single-parent households. Its development unfolded during a moment when… -
Johnson, Leonard
Dr. G. Leonard Johnson Jr. (1901–1963) was a respected physician, civic leader, and educational advocate whose work left a lasting imprint on the city of Englewood, New Jersey—particularly in the areas of public health, early childhood education, and community uplift. Born in…