The ZCBJ Lodge No. 46, also known as Bohemian Hall, is an historic building located in Prague, Oklahoma that was built in 1917. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

on March 8, 1984. The building historically served as a meeting hall for the Czech community, hosting a Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota lodge that was the oldest Czech

fraternal order A fraternal order is a fraternity organised as an order, with traits alluding to religious, chivalric or pseudo-chivalric orders, guilds, or secret societies. Contemporary fraternal orders typically have secular purposes, including social, cult ...

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

. The lodge was originally organized in 1891 as a branch of the

Czech-Slovak Protective Society The Czech-Slovak Protective Society (CSPS), which became the Czecho Slovakian Association, was an organization supporting the welfare of Czech and Slovak immigrants to the United States. The Czech-Slovak Protective Society started as an insurance s ...

, but was incorporated into Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota in 1897.

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Image of ZCBJ Lodge No. 46
Western Fraternal Life Association Czech-American culture in Oklahoma Czech-Slovak Protective Society Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Buildings and structures completed in 1917 National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Oklahoma 1917 establishments in Oklahoma Brick buildings and structures in the United States Z.C.B.J. buildings {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub

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