Souvenir on 50th Jalsa Salana USA — Page 80
MOSQl ES A~ D MISSION HOt;SES IN US\ Historical Dateline (1922-1998) 1922- 1982 • C hi cago, IL : FiN missi on house 1s estab li shed at 4448 Wahash Street. • Wash in gton. D C: A building at 2 141 Leroy Place is acquired in 1949 and renamed th e American l- a71 M purchased for $20. ()()() for future extension. • Detroit. Ml· A building on a 7-acre p:m:el of l and is purcha. -. ed for $125. 000 for a m osque and mis,1on house. e\\ York, \'Y: A nurse!) school building 1 s purchased for ~57. 500 and 1s renamed as Bait-ul/. . afar Mosque • Zion. I L. A m1'>'1on house 1s acquired for $30. ()()(l. • Boston, MA: A 2-acre parcel is donated by local Ahmadis for a mosque. 1985: • New Orleans. L A: A building is purchased for $43. 000 to he used as a mi ssion house. • Tucson. AZ: A mosque is built. • Los Angeles. CA' A 4. 75 acre parcel of land is purchased for $350. 000: plans arc initiated to build a mosque \\I th a I0. 920 square feet con'>tr uctcd area. 1986: • A 8. 7 acre parcel of land is purchased for $J(Xl,(XXl 111 Mont gomery County. MD. 5 mil es out-s id e Washington N ati on al Beltway. fo r construc tion of th e Washington National Mosque. 1987: • Hadhrat Khal ilallll Masih IV (ABAJ visits USA and lays the foundatmn al th e Los Angeles. CA. Detroll. Ml and Washmgton. DC mosque si tes. • Cleveland. OH A missmn house building " acquired (Baitul Ahad) for 5 140. 000. - ~ - 11 II ·-- --