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Mother Mosque of America
Historic mosque in Iowa, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mother Mosque of America, once known as The Rose of Fraternity Lodge, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, is the oldest standing purpose-built mosque in the United States, having been completed in 1934. The Al-Sadiq Mosque in Chicago and the Powers Street Mosque are older by a decade but were converted from existing buildings to be used as a Muslim house of worship.
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Location | 1335 9th Street N.W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 41°59′10.69″N 91°41′2.2″W |
Built | 1934 |
NRHP reference No. | 96000516 |
Added to NRHP | May 15, 1996[1] |
An older purpose-built mosque is the Highland Park Mosque, built in 1921 to serve immigrant workers in the Detroit Metro Area, which was sold in 1926. Another older purpose-built mosque was a mosque near Ross, North Dakota, which fell into ruin; a smaller mosque was built near that site to commemorate its history in 2005.[2]