Englewood Makes History

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  • The first "colored" baseball team in Englewood.

  • Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was one of the most consequential figures in American sports history. Widely celebrated as the architect of the Green Bay Packers dynasty and memorialized through the NFL’s championship trophy, Lombardi was also a…
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  • Delroy George Lindo is an English and American actor. He lived with his parents who were Jamaican immigrants in London until the family moved to Toronto when he was sixteen. He graduated from the American Conservatory Theater in 1979. His career began in 1976 and Lindo mostly…
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  • Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr. was a military officer and aviator. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1924. He became a second lieutenant in 1925. On March 20th and 21st, Lindbergh became the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on his craft Spirt of St. Louis. He was…
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  • Charles Lindbergh Jr., born on the Next Day Hill Morrow Estate in Englewood NJ, was the son of Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh Sr. When he was twenty months old he was kidnapped and murdered. His death led to the Lindbergh law which made crossing state lines while…
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a poet, author, and aviator. She wrote numerous books and poems including "North to the Orient" (1935), "Gift From the Sea" (1955), and "Earth Shine" (1969). She learned aviation from her husband Charles Lindbergh. She met him in Mexico after her…
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  • Poor Johns Lincoln Tavern was a bar operated by One West Englewood Corp. The bar was located in the fourth ward.
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  • The Lincoln Elementary School was created in 1869 on Humphrey Street and Englewood Avenue. The school was originally known as the Brick School House. At some point before 1900 it was named Lincoln School. The building was burned down in 1917, however, a new one was made in 1918…
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  • The Liberty School was founded in 1903. It was renamed the Russell C. Major Liberty School in 1999 after the death of Educator Russell C. Major. Due to the building's structural integrity deteriorating the school district sold the building in 2003.
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  • Richard Lewis (1947–2024) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television personality whose career helped redefine modern comedy. Known for his darkly comic, self-deprecating style and intensely personal storytelling, Lewis became one of the most recognizable…
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