Souvenir on 50th Jalsa Salana USA — Page 81
". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MOSQUES/MISSION HOUSES IN USA BUILT IN 60 YEARS (1922-1982) = 8 BUILT IN 15 YEARS (1983-1998) = 23 CURRENT TOTAL= 31 • -\ I acre plot. adjacent to the Wash111gton Mosque. with a house. 1s acquired. • Pittsburgh. CA: A m1s<. 1on house property 1s acquired for $250. 000 near San rranci\Co, CA. • San Jose. CA: Local Ahmadis purchase a mis\lon house for $875. 000. • Boston. MA: Mission house is completed 1989: • Los Angeles. CA: Mas. 1id Ba1t-ul-l lamced is rnmpleted at a total cost of $1. 3 million. On August 7. fllldhrar Khalifatul Mas1h IV (AHA) inaugurates the mosque and ma!. . . es an appeal of 'ii2. 5 million for the Washington Natwnal 'v1osque. • Rochester. 'Y: A property 1s purchased for 'i,9 I ,000 to be used as a Mosque and Community Center. 1ffl • Portland. OR: Local Ahmadis huild a mosque at a cost of 300. 000 and dedicate it to the Jama'at. 1990: • Hou-. ton. TX: A building is purchased for ~50,000 to be used as a mosque. mission house and missionary residence. 1992: • St. Louis. MO: A property is purchased for $350. 000 for use as mission house. • Charlotte. NC: A property is purchased on a 4-acre plot to be used as a place of worship and mission house. • Milwaukee. WI: A large huilding is purchased in a commercial area for $200,300 to be w,ed as a mosque and community center. 1993: • Miami. FL: A spacious building is purchased for $160. 000 as a place of worship and a mission house. 1994: • Washington National Mosque is completed at a cost of $4. 2 million. On Friday. October 14. Hlldlma Khalifatul Masih IV (ABAJ 111augurates Masjid Bait-ur-Rahman. • Chicago. IL: An additional build111g. the Yan Buren Center, is purchased for $85,000 for Friday prayers and community meetings. • Chicago, IL: The Sadiq Mosque b completed at the hi\loric location of the first Ahmad1yya Mosque in the USA. Hadhrar Khahfatul Masih IV (ABAJ inaugurates the Sadiq Mosque on October 23. 1996: • San Jose. CA: Local Ahmadis purchase a mission house for $875,000. • Boston, MA: Mission house b completed. 1997: • Old Bridge, NJ : A chu r ch building, under construction. is purchased for $350,000 and is a mosque and community hal l. • Dallas. TX: A 4. 75 acre plot is acquired. 1998: Albany. NY: A group of Ahmadis purchase a renovated school building and dedicate a part of the building as mosque and mission hcrn-. e, with the pledge that the who le building will be donated to the Jama'at when the loans are paid off. (Some Ahmadi_l)'ll Mm/11111 M(}. \que. 1 around the l\'or/d shmrn on pages 84 & 85) - II ~ -