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Mother Mosque of America


Mother Mosque
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	1335 9th Street N.W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Coordinates	41°59′10.69″N 91°41′2.2″W / 41.9863028°N 91.683944°W / 41.9863028; -91.683944
Built	1934
NRHP reference No.	96000516
Added to NRHP	May 15, 1996^[1]

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.

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]

History

The mosque was built by a local community of immigrants and their descendants from the Ottoman Empire, in what is now Lebanon and Syria. Construction was completed on February 15, 1934. The small structure served as a place of worship for Muslims for nearly 40 years. When a larger local mosque, the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids, was built in 1971, the building was sold. Successive owners over the next 20 years allowed it to fall into disrepair.^[3]

In 1991, the Islamic Council of Iowa purchased the building, refurbished it and restored its status as a Muslim cultural center. The effort was mainly organized by the local Muslim community led by Imam Taha Tawil and Dr. Thomas B. Irving.

The Mother Mosque stands in a quiet neighborhood, flanked by houses on both sides, with a small marker off of First Avenue pointing the way to the site. Due to its small size, the majority of the Muslim population in Eastern Iowa and the Cedar Rapids area worship at other mosques, but the Mother Mosque remains a prominent center for information, prayer, and community.

The Mother Mosque is listed on both the Iowa State Historical Register and the National Register of Historic Places as an "essential piece of American religious history, which symbolizes tolerance and acceptance of Islam and Muslims in the United States." It was listed on the National Register in 1996 as Moslem Temple.^[1]

Floods in June 2008 filled the mosque's basement with 10 feet of water, resulting in the loss of the extensive collection of books, archival records, and artifacts stored there.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ Freedman, Samuel G. (May 27, 2016). "North Dakota Mosque a Symbol of Muslims'Long Ties in America". U.S. The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Schuessler, Ryan (February 13, 2014). "In Iowa, a lasting symbol of American Islam". Al Jazeera America. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Agriculture	Seminole Valley Farmstead
Apartment buildings	Ausadie Building Brown Apartments
Civic buildings	Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building Iowa State Highway Commission, District 6 Building Linn County Courthouse Veterans Memorial Building
Clubhouses	C.S.P.S. Hall Consistory Building No. 2 Sokol Gymnasium
Commercial buildings	Best Oil and Refining Company Service Station Hotel Roosevelt Iowa Building Lattner Auditorium Building Lesinger Block Paramount Theater Building Peoples Savings Bank Security Building Sinclair Building-Smulekoffs Furniture Store
Historic districts	B Avenue NE Historic District Bever Woods Historic District Bohemian Commercial Historic District Cedar Rapids 2nd Avenue SE. Automobile Row Historic District Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District Mays Island Historic District Monroe Elementary School Historic District Oak Hill Cemetery Historic District Our Mother of Sorrows Grotto Historic District Redmond Park-Grande Avenue Historic District Second and Third Avenue Historic District West Side Third Avenue SW Commercial Historic District
Houses	Robert and Esther Armstrong House A. T. Averill House Glenn M. and Edith Averill House Calder Houses William and Sue Damour House George B. Douglas House Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris House Lustron Home No. 02102 Charles W. and Nellie Perkins House T. M. Sinclair Mansion Taylor-Van Note Philip A. Wolff House and Carriage House
Industrial buildings	Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse Evans Manufacturing Company Building Hamilton Brothers Building Harper and McIntire Company Warehouse Iowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and Warehouse Shores-Mueller Company Witwer Grocery Company Building
Religious buildings	Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church First Church of Christ, Scientist First Universalist Church of Cedar Rapids Moslem Temple St. James United Methodist Church St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
Schools	Grant Vocational High School
Transportation	First Avenue Bridge Highwater Rock IANR Railroad Underpass
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v t e Mosques in the United States
Alaska	Islamic Community Center of Anchorage Alaska
Arizona	Islamic Community Center of Phoenix Tucson Mosque
California	Baitul Hameed Mosque Islamic Center of Irvine Islamic Center of Orange County Islamic Center of Riverside Islamic Center of Southern California King Fahad Mosque Masjid Annur Islamic Center Women's Mosque of America
Connecticut	Islamic Center of Connecticut
Illinois	Al-Sadiq Mosque Baitul Jaamay Mosque Islamic Foundation Islamic Foundation North Mosque Maryam Masjid Darussalam Mosque Foundation Muslim Community Center
Iowa	Mother Mosque of America
Maryland	Baitur Rehman Mosque Diyanet Center of America Imam Mahdi Islamic Education Center of Baltimore Islamic Society of Baltimore Islamic Society of Western Maryland
Massachusetts	Arabic Jumma Mosque Islamic Society of Boston Islamic Society of Greater Lowell Mosque No. 11 Quincy Mosque Sharon Mosque Worcester Mosque
Michigan	Al-Islah Mosque Dearborn Mosque First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America Islamic Association of Greater Detroit Islamic Center and Mosque of Grand Rapids Islamic Center of America Highland Park Mosque (former)
Minnesota	Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center
Missouri	Islamic Center of Central Missouri St. Louis Islamic Center
Nevada	Masjid As-Sabur
New Mexico	Dar al-Islam
New York	Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center Islamic Association of Long Island Islamic Cultural Center of New York Islamic Society of Central New York Masjid al-Ikhlas Masjid Al-Mamoor Masjid Hamza Masjid Malcolm Shabazz Mid-Hudson Islamic Association Powers Street Mosque
Ohio	Islamic Center of Greater Toledo Islamic Society of Greater Dayton Noor Islamic Cultural Center
Oregon	Masjid As-Saber Rizwan Mosque
Pennsylvania	Islamic Center of Pittsburgh Masjid Al-Jamia Mosque No. 12 Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen North Penn Mosque Philly Mosque
Tennessee	Islamic Center of Murfreesboro
Texas	Baitus Samee Mosque East Plano Islamic Center Islamic Association of North Texas Islamic Center of Greater Austin Islamic Center of Irving Islamic Society of Greater Houston (Al-Noor Mosque · Masjid Al-Ansaar (Woodland Islamic Center) · Pearland Islamic Center)
Virginia	All Dulles Area Muslim Society Dar Al-Hijrah
Washington D.C.	Islamic Center of Washington
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