Englewood Makes History

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  • Abel I. Smith bought a large section of land in Secaucus in 1733. The Farm was 206 acres of the wester Hudson Palisades. The Smiths owned the land until December 1, 1908 when it was turned over to B.M. Shanley's Sons' Company and H.S. Korbaugh Company of West Virginia for…
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  • Controversial Principal of Dwight Morrow High School between 1972 and 1973.

  • Jack Abrams was a police officer and police chief in Englewood. He started his career in 1911 as an auxiliary officer and joined the department in 1916. He served in World War I. In 1922 he became a sergeant and in 1924 he rose to captain. In 1937 he was one of the founders of…
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  • Academies at Englewood was founded in 2002 after fifteen-plus-years of arguments between the Board of Education of Englewood and the Board of Education of Tenafly and the Board of Education of Englewood Cliffs. Dr. John Grieco created the new academies at Englewood to improve…
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  • For nearly a century, the Actors Fund Home has been one of Englewood's most distinctive institutions, serving as a refuge and community for generations of performers and entertainment professionals. Operated by the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), the…
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  • Wesley "Wes" Adams was a musician and member of the R&B group Today.
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  • Allan Baty was a well-known African American entertainer and community organizer in Englewood during the 1920s. Each spring, he organized and led a minstrel troupe made up of young Black residents of the city. Over time, these performances became a regular and anticipated event…
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  • Albert Anastasia (1902–1957) was one of the most influential and feared figures in American organized crime during the mid-twentieth century. Born Umberto Anastasio in Calabria, Italy, he immigrated to the United States as a teenager and rose through the ranks of the Mafia…

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