C.S.P.S. Hall | |
Location | 1103 3rd St., SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 41°58′15″N 91°39′31″W / 41.97083°N 91.65861°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1890-91, 1900, 1908 |
Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
Part of | Bohemian Commercial Historic District (ID02001539) |
NRHP reference No. | 78001237[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 1978 |
The C.S.P.S. Hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA was built during 1890-91 and expanded twice in the next two decades. It was a social and cultural center of the local Czech-Slovak Protective Society (C.S.P.S.).[2] The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] In 2002 it was included as a contributing property in the Bohemian Commercial Historic District.[3]
The C.S.P.S. was an organization that began with offering a kind of insurance to members. The first lodge of the C.S.P.S. in Cedar Rapids was founded in 1879 and there were three by 1882.
The building is a local adaptation of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.[2]
The building was damaged in the 2008 flooding of Cedar Rapids,[4] but underwent a major renovation in 2011 that preserved its historic character.
Beginning in 1992, the building was used by Legion Arts, a nonprofit organization, to offer visual art displays, theatre, and concerts. This mission was taken over in 2020 by a new non-profit called CSPShall. [5]