Englewood Makes History

Organizations and Institutions

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Organizations and Institutions

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    In 1866, the Catholic Church completed the construction at St.Cecilia’s Church after Reverand Dr. Henry Brann initiated the building in 1865. 

    The church opened its doors to the growing Italian and Irish Catholic population in Englewood. Reverand Silverius J. Quigley founded the first Catholic coeducational high school in Bergen County in 1924. St. Cecilia’s elementary, junior high, and high school educated generations of Englewood youth. The high school closed in 1986 and the elementary school closed in 2011 or 2012. 

    St.Cecilia’s gained national recognition in the 1940s after it hired a young coach named Vince Lombardi, who turned the basketball and football programs into state champions.
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    Dwight Morrow High School opened in 1932 and graduated its first class in 1934. Named after banker, ambassador and senator, Dwight Morrow, the high school brought students together from all of the city’s four wards and became one of Englewood’s few integrated schools. It has graduated numerous notable alumni. It currently shares it's campus with Academics at Englewood. 
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    The Galilee United Methodist Church was founded in 1913 by Reverand Edward L. Pearson and Reverand Frank D. McQueen. They came from "Old Galilee" in Bennettsville South Carolina, founded in 1895. They began teaching in Englewood in 1905. A building was created in the 1910s. Another parsonage was bought on Forest Avenue in 1949. The original church was destroyed in 1958 due to a fire. In 1959, Galilee became the first African American church to enter the Newark Conference. In 1960, construction for a new building on Genesee Avenue was started. Merging with the Evangelical United Brethren Churches, Galilee became the Galilee United Methodist Church. 
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    The Community Baptist Church was founded in 1932. The parishioners are majority African American. Under Reverand Joseph M. Wilson two plots of land were purchased to build a new church in the 1940s. In 1949, a cornerstone for the new church was laid. From the 1970s to the 1990s, Reverand Clarence Kenner improved the facilities. In the 1990s, Reverand Lester W. Taylor Jr. started a motion to create a new facility. Construction on the new church began in June 2008 and was finished in 2011.
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    Mount Calvary Baptist Church was created in 1957 by Reverand William Samuel. The parishioners would meet at his home until a building was constructed at 1375 Boston Road in the Bronx. The church moved to 181 Warren Street in Englewood in 1962. Another building which was the previous location of a Christian Reformed Church at 90 Demarest Avenue was acquired in 1972.

    Samuel's successor was Reverand Michael J. Jordan until 1992 when Reverand Claybon Lea Jr. replaced him. The fourth pastor was Reverand Veron C. Walton, who according to the church, developed Cavalry Cares Inc. The fifth pastor is Reverand Eddie Spencer IV. 
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    The Ebenezer Baptist Church began in 1913 under Reverand Samuel Lightfoot. Reverand W. B. Booker was his successor. Reverand Clarence E. Richardson was the church's third pastor and a new church building was constructed on Fourth Street beginning in 1972. The other three pastors of the church were Reverand William Holt Hargrave, Reverand William Marcus Small, and Reverand Jovan T. Davis.
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    American Legion Henry Douglas Post 58 is the American Legion post located in Englewood, New Jersey.
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    The Congregation Ahavath Torah is an Orthodox synagogue in Englewood. The synagogue was developed first in 1895 and evolved into the Ahavath Torah. In 1911 a location was purchased at 33 Humphery Street. It moved to Englewood Avenue in 1958. According to the synagogue, Rabbi Issac Swift became a leader of the synagogue in 1960 and was succeeded by Rabbi Shmuel Goldin in 1984. Rabbi Chaim Poupko succeeded him in 2017. 
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    The Englewood Volunteer Corps (EVAC) was founded in 1954. It was a nonprofit emergency medical agency funded by city funds and medical billing donations. The organization stopped service on April 1, 2024, due to declining membership and operational constraints.
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    The newspaper The Evening Record began using the name in the late 1890s. Located in Hackensack, Bergen County, the newspaper published daily for Englewood, New Jersey. It has gone through a number of name variations.