Englewood Makes History

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  • At the height of Le Beauf's fame during the Cosby Show, she lived at 133 St.Nicholas Avenue in Englewood, NJ.

  • John K. Lattimer (1914–2007), long time Englewood resident, was an American urologist whose career spanned medicine, military service, forensic investigation, and historical research, often courting controversy. During World War II, he served as a U.S. Army physician and was…
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  • The Landlord-Tenant Relations Board was created in 1972 by the City Council to mediate between city tenants and landlords.
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  • Thomas William Lamont was an American banker. He graduated from Harvard in 1892. After the firm he was working for suffered financial problems, he helped reorganize the firm which was renamed Lamont, Corlis & Co. in 1898. He became the secretary and treasurer of Bankers Trust…
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  • Florence Haskell Corliss Lamont was a civil leader and philanthropist. She graduated from Smith College in 1893 and received an M.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University. Her philanthropic work focused on international peace and education. She supported the New School for…
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  • Shirley M. Lacy was a civil rights strategist, Black feminist organizer, and public official whose work spanned grassroots protest, policy reform, and electoral politics in New Jersey for more than four decades. Based in Englewood, she became a central figure in northern…
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  • William Moses Kunstler was an attorney and civil rights activist. Kunstler graduated from Yale before serving in World War II in the Philippines. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1948. He taught at Pace College's Business School and New York Law School in the 1950s.…
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  • The Ku Klux Klan became a significant force in New Jersey during the 1920s, demonstrating that white supremacist and nativist movements were not confined to the American South. The second Ku Klux Klan, which emerged nationally after 1915, found fertile ground in New Jersey's…

  • Thaddeus J. Kropczynski was a respected musician, educator, and choral director whose career shaped music education in northern New Jersey for more than three decades. Trained as both an artist and teacher, he combined rigorous musical standards with a deep commitment to student…
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