Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota

Lodge Zare Zapadu #44 in Freeborn County, Minnesota

Z.C.B.J. Opera House, Verdigre, Nebraska

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

Not to be confused with Zapadni Cesko-Bratrska Jednota, a related newspaper

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 historic buildings of the association which are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places:^[2]

Notable lodges of the organization include:

• ZCBJ Opera House (1903), Verdigre, Nebraska, NRHP-listed.
• Z.C.B.J. Hall (1907), Arthur, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed.
• ZCBJ Hall (1908), Tyndall, South Dakota, NRHP-listed.
• Rad Slavin cis. 112 Z.C.B.J. Hall (1909), Comstock, Nebraska, NRHP-listed.
• Lodge Zare Zapadu No. 44 (1909), Hayward Township in Freeborn County, Minnesota, NRHP-listed.
• ZCBJ Hall (1910), Haugen, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed.
• Rad Plzen cis. 9 Z.C.B.J. (SD10-6) (1911), Morse Bluff, Nebraska, NRHP-listed.
• Z.C.B.J. Tolstoj Lodge No. 224 (1911), in Scio, Oregon, on the bank of Thomas Creek, NRHP-listed.
• Z.C.B.J. Opera House (1913), Clarkson, Nebraska, NRHP-listed.
• Z.C.B.J. Rad Tabor No. 74 (1914), Dorchester, Nebraska, NRHP-listed.
• ZCBJ Lodge No. 46 (1917), Prague, Oklahoma, NRHP-listed.
• Rad Jan Kollar cis 101 Z.C.B.J. (1921), Du Bois, Nebraska, NRHP-listed.
• Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall (1925), Meadowlands, Minnesota, NRHP-listed.
• Rad Saline Center cis. 389 Z.C.B.J. (1939), Western, Nebraska, NRHP-listed.

References

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

See also

• Zapadni Cesko-Bratrska Jednota