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Hackensack B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge #658
Hackensack B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge #658 was instituted in 1901.Tags Community Centers -
Englewood Elks to Dedicate a New Home
The B.P.O.E. Englewood Elks #1157 opened their new lodge and held a celebration. -
B.P.O.E. Englewood Elks #1157
The B.P.O.E. Englewood Elks Lodge #1157 was founded in 1909. Englewood residents who were members of the Hackensack Lodge organized another chapter for Englewood. The Hackensack Lodge helped organize the new Lodge for Englewood. The organization finished construction on its… -
Eleanor Harvey Park
The Eleanor Harvey park was created at the home of Eleanor Harvey. The plan began in 2013 to change the property into a park. -
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Englewood Lodge 197
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a fraternal order. The Englewood chapter may have opened in the 1920s. -
Memorial House
Memorial House stood for decades as the physical and symbolic center of organized social work in Englewood. More than simply a clubhouse, it functioned as a gathering place, training ground, educational center, and stabilizing force in the city’s working-class neighborhoods. Yet… -
Ben's Barber Shop
Ben's Barbershop was a barber shop created by Ben Peters in 1957. It became a community center for local men. -
Peters, Benjamin "Ben" (?-2018)
Benjamin “Ben” Peters was a beloved Black barber and small-business owner in Englewood, New Jersey, whose shop — Ben’s Barbershop — became a neighborhood institution for more than half a century. Originally from South Carolina, Peters moved to Englewood in the 1950s and opened… -
Women's Rights Information Center
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… -
Brennon's Barber Shop
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.