National Register Record for Z C B J LODGE NO 46

Historic Name: Z C B J LODGE NO 46
Current Name: BOHEMIAN HALL
Address: SOUTH BARTA AVE
City: PRAGUE            County: LINCOLN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE ZCBJ LODGE NUMBER 46 IN PRAGUE HOUSES THE OLDEST CZECH FRATERNAL ORDER IN OKLAHOMA AND HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT FOR THE CZECH COMMUNITY IN PRAGUE FOR OVER 65 YEARS. CONSTRUCTED IN 1917, THE TWO-STORY BRICK BUILDING HAS A HIPPED ROOM. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/8/1984.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SOCIAL
Current Function: SOCIAL
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HERITAGE: EUROPEAN
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: UNCOLLECTED
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1917            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: KAREL D BICHA, THE CZECHS IN OKLAHOMA, NORMAN, UNIV OF OK PRESS, 1980; PRAGUE, OKLAHOMA, CITY OF OPPORTUNITIES. RICE PRINTERY, OKEMAH, OK 1930; INTERVIEW WITH LIZZIE JEZEK JUNE 1983, KARMEN DOSTALIK JUNE 1983
Date Prepared: NOV 1983