Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota

Z.C.B.J. Hall in Haugen, Wisconsin

Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota, is the name of a fraternal association of Czech Americans, founded in 1897, which translates as Western Bohemian Fraternal Association. The name was changed to the Western Fraternal Life Association in 1971.^[1]

A predecessor organization was the Czech-Slovak Protective Society (C.S.P.S.).

There are over a dozen buildings of the association which both survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places:^[2]

• Z.C.B.J. Rad Tabor No. 74, Dorchester, Nebraska
• Rad Plzen cis. 9 Z.C.B.J. (SD10-6), Morse Bluff, Nebraska
• ZCBJ Lodge No. 46, Prague, Oklahoma
• Z.C.B.J. Tolstoj Lodge No. 224, in Scio, Oregon, on the bank of Thomas Creek^[3] The lodge is listed on the NRHP in Linn County, Oregon
• ZCBJ Hall (Tyndall, South Dakota), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bon Homme County, South Dakota
• ZCBJ Hall (Haugen, Wisconsin), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Barron County, Wisconsin
• Z.C.B.J. Opera House (Verdigre, Nebraska), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Nebraska
• Rad Jan Kollar cis 101 Z.C.B.J., Du Bois, Nebraska
• Rad Saline Center cis. 389 Z.C.B.J., Western, Nebraska
• Rad Slavin cis. 112 Z.C.B.J. Hall, Comstock, Nebraska
• Z. C. B. J. Hall, Arthur, Wisconsin
• Z.C.B.J. Opera House (Clarkson, Nebraska), Clarkson, Nebraska, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Colfax County, Nebraska.
• Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall, Meadowlands, Minnesota, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis County, Minnesota.

References

1. "Bohemian Hall History". Z. C. B. J. Hall website. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
2. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. "Z hall __".

See also

• Zapadni Cesko-Bratrska Jednota