Englewood Makes History

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  • The Bullock Funeral Home was created by Charles H. Bullock Jr. One was open in Hackensack and one was open in Englewood.
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  • Crystal Lake is a lake and park on East Sheffield Avenue in Englewood.
  • Millers Pond is a body of water near Liberty Road and Dwight Morrow High School. Historically there have been pollution issues with the pond.
  • 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…
  • The Mehfil-e-Shahe-Khorasan is a mosque in Englewood. It was established in 1975. The original building caught fire in 1978.
  • Santa Barbara Grocery store on Slocum Avenue. The grocery store was one of the first to serve the growing Latino community emerging in the third ward. Arely Rincon gained possession of the store in 2012.
  • Harlem-on-the-Hudson was a popular black-owned nightclub in Englewood Cliffs.
  • Madonna Field—also known as Madonna Park—located near Forest Avenue and Williams Street in Englewood, became one of New Jersey’s most active and visible boxing and baseball venues during the 1920s. Owned by the Knights of Columbus through Madonna Council No. 520, the grounds…
  • Bennigans is an Irish pub food chain. There was a restaurant in Englewood on 412 South Van Brunt Street.
  • The First Presbyterian Church was the first church in Englewood and the first of its denomination in Bergen County. The congregation began in 1859 and met at John M. Deuel's schoolhouse. A chapel was completed on March 25, 1860. The first pastor was Reverand James…
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