Cornerstone laid at Washington’s Islamic Center
On Connecticut Avenue in Washington D.C.the cornerstone is laid at the first mosque of note in the United States.Intended to serve as a national mosque for all American Muslims the Islamic Center was built in a traditional Arabic architectural style complete with a 160-foot minaret from which prayers were to be announced.
A colonnade cloister joined the mosque to two wings containing a library classrooms a museum and administrative offices.In the basement of the mosque was an auditorium built to accommodate several hundred people.The Islamic Centers first director was Dr.
Mahmoud Hoballah.
