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Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

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Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty Hall Number 53, Fifth Avenue, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

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Significance: From 1909 to the late 1970s, the Zapadni Cesko-Bratreske Jednoty (Z.C.B.J.) Hall No. 53 was the social and fraternal center for Czechoslovakan immigrants and their descendants. The hall was also significant for its contribution to the social history of the Slavic people in America. Architecturally, the hall was the finest example of a fraternal lodge of its kind in Nebraska.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-35, FN-36
Survey number: HABS NE-34
Building/structure dates: 1909- 1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1935 Subsequent Work

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1910 - 1980
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Vrana Brothers
Johnson, A J
Lundaak, Wil
Melena, Charles
Starkey, J E
Lambert, Frank
Darlow, Peter, field team
Rastorfer, Darl, field team
Benson, Perry, project manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, sponsor
Amato, Sam, photographer
Burns, Kathryn A, historian
Jones, J Larry, delineator
Becker, Lisa, delineator
Benson, Perry, historian
McCown, Susan, historian
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Library of Congress
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