Englewood Makes History

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  • Ben's Barbershop was a barber shop created by Ben Peters in 1957. It became a community center for local men.
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  • Pheobe Seham along with others began brainstorming the development of the Women's Rights Information Center in 1973. An abandoned building was bought in 1982 and the center was created by architect Eleanor Kendall Pettersen. The WRIC creates programs to help women, such as job…
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  • Brennon's Barber Shop was created by William E. Brennon. He opened in 1962. The shop became a community hub for African American men from towns in the nearby vicinity.
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  • The Englewood Sports Store was created in the early 1940s. It was owned by George Lavach for four years before Vince Lombardi and his family purchased it.
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  • The Englewood Woman's Work Exchange was a longstanding charitable and economic support organization serving Englewood and the surrounding community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded in 1884, the Exchange operated on a practical but deeply social…
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  • The Englewood Theater was open in 1914 until the late 1960s. It was created by Franklyn Edmund Backer and E. Thorton Kelly was the owner of the theater in the 1920s. It became a meeting ground for many political and community meetings.
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  • The Norsgaard Nature Center was created in February 1965. The building located at 301 Lydecker Street was used to house naturalist collections. It was named after Campbell Norsgaard.
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  • Dave's Luncheonette was a corner store owned by Pearl Levine.
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  • T & A Meat Market was a business owned by Thomas Moschetto. It was located on West Palisade Avenue. 
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  • The Phelps Estate was the home of William Walter Phelps. It started as a small farmhouse, the Garrit Brinkerhoff place, owned by Jacob Finck on April 9th, 1865. The house acted as a summer home for the family. Phelps moved to Englewood/Teaneck permanently after the death of his…
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