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Jumu'ah Masjid (Jooma Masgid) Mosque, Kerk Street Mosque (First) Central Johannesburg, Gauteng

Date: 1906 Type: Mosque Style: Prefabricated wood-and-iron Status: Demolished Street: Kerk Street

The first mosque on this site was a wood and iron building built in 1906. This was replaced in 1918 with an attractive square, two-storey building with a three-tiered minaret on each corner (see Jumu'ah Masjid (Jooma Masgid) Mosque, Kerk Street Mosque (Second)) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.