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Photograph of Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society
Photograph by Jim.henderson, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bohemian Hall and Park

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“The Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society is a private benevolent society founded in 1892 in Astoria, Queens, to support Czech and Slovak immigrants to the area, as well as people of Czech and Slovak ancestry. The society is commonly known as "Bohemian Hall" after its clubhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 108 National Register listings published here for Queens County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 29-19 24th Ave., Astoria
  • When was it listed? March 2001
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Queens
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 01000239 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Bohemian Hall and Park, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Bohemian Hall and Park, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

2,237 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,237 fires within 5 miles of Bohemian Hall and Park between 2002 and 2020, burning about 550 acres in total. 144 started naturally. 122 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1514
Smoking153
Natural144
Arson/incendiarism122
Equipment and vehicle use81
Misuse of fire by a minor74
Debris and open burning73
Recreation and ceremony59
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Other causes2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Queens County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bohemian Hall and Park: 10 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Garnet, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, GemstoneOccurrence
155th St & 10th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, ZirconiumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
National Gypsum/ Bronx MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
159th St & 11th Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
John S. Lane and Son's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897
Week's Trap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1898

Every working recorded in Queens County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Astoria Center of Israel0.4 miles2009
Trinity Lutheran Church0.6 miles2008
Sohmer and Company Piano Factory1.0 miles2014
Steinway House1.1 miles1983
Paramount Studios Complex1.2 miles1978
Lent Homestead and Cemetery1.3 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 01000239 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Queens CountyAll 108 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.