Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota
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Z.C.B.J. Hall in Haugen, Wisconsin
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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.
