C.S.P.S. Hall (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = C.S.P.S. Hall

| nrhp_type = indcp

| nocat = yes

| partof = Bohemian Commercial Historic District

| partof_refnum = 02001539

| image = C.S.P.S. Hall.jpg

| caption =

| location= 1103 3rd St., SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|41|58|15|N|91|39|31|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| built = 1890-91, 1900, 1908

| architecture = Richardsonian Romanesque

| added = November 29, 1978

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 78001237{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

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.). The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In 2002 it was included as a contributing property in the Bohemian Commercial Historic District.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=02001539}}|title=Bohemian Commercial Historic District|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2017-08-21|author=Marlys A. Svendsen}}

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.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78001237}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: C.S.P.S. Hall |publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2016-06-25|author=Steve Altheide |date=1978}} with {{NRHP url|id=78001237|photos=y|title= photo from 1977}}

The building was damaged in the 2008 flooding of Cedar Rapids,{{cite web|url=http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2011/story-of-the-day/after-flood-former-czech.html |title=After Flood, Former Czech Hall on its Way to Recovery|publisher=Preservation magazine, online-only version |author=Gwendolyn Purdom |accessdate=June 25, 2016}} (As of 6/25/2016, the article appears only temporarily when accessed and can be read by capturing a copy quickly) 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 CSPS Hall. [http://cspshall.org]cspshall.org