Kerk Street Mosque | |
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![]() A view of the Kerk Street Mosque Sauer Street | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Coordinates | 26°12′11″S 28°02′17″E / 26.203181°S 28.037951°E |
Opening | 1990 |
Owner | Jumaat Masjied Society |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Mohammad Wayat & Suliman Oman Waja (1918) Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (1990) |
The Kerk Street Mosque, also known as the Jumah Mosque,[1][2] is located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The mosque, situated on stand 788, is one of the oldest mosques and places of worship in Johannesburg.
The first Muslim community to occupy the land set up a tent in the closing years of the nineteenth century, then in 1906 built a wood and corrugated iron structure. In 1918 construction of a brick walled structure was completed. The brick mosque was demolished in 1990 and was replaced with the modern Kerk Street Mosque designed by Driehaus Prize winner Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil.[3][4][5]
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