Bohemian National Hall
- Year
- 1897
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
Bohemian National Hall at 321 East 73rd Street on the Upper East Side was built between 1895 and 1897 in neo-Renaissance style by architect William C. Frohne as a Czech American social and cultural center. Its role shifted over the decades; from the late 1930s to the 1980s it housed diverse organizations, including the birthplace of the Manhattan Theater Club.
the building
Five-story civic facade. The building is a five-story edifice designed in Renaissance Revival style, giving the Czech social hall an ornate, civic presence on East 73rd Street.
the style
Frohne worked in the neo-Renaissance idiom, giving the Czech community's hall the formal, columned dignity of a civic building.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
William C. Frohne designed the hall; the facts provided do not include further biographical detail.
significance
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building an Individual Landmark (LP-01914) in 1994. In 2001 it was sold by the Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association to the Czech government for $1, in exchange for a commitment to renovate; it hosted a 2005 celebration of Václav Havel's 70th birthday before closing for further renovation and reopening October 30, 2008.
nearby
- 170 East 73rd Street Carriage House
- 210 East 78th Street House
- Saint Jean Baptiste Church
- New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch
- Church of the Resurrection
- Temple Israel of the City of New York