Masjid Abraar - Rudolph Street Mosque

Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth),
Eastern Cape

Front (south) elevation
Photographer: Gerald Humphrey - 2015

Date:1894
Type:Mosque
Status:Extant

 

Coordinates:
33°58'07.40" S 25°37'40.79" E Alt: 28m

Notes:

One of two South End Mosques that survived demolition in the 1970's. This one is slightly older, the other being Masjid Aziz - Pier Street Mosque. The mosque is still referred to as Rudolph Street Mosque today which refers to the street name prior to the clearance of South End. The setting of the building has however been destroyed as the surrounding buildings have all been lost and the road in front of it is much wider. (today known as Walmer Boulevard)

(Gerald Humphrey, November 2016)


References:

Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett. 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 70, 70 ill


Oblique view from south east
Photographer: Gerald Humphrey - 2015

Front elevation
Photographer: Gerald Humphrey - 2015

Detail of front elevation showing date
Photographer: Gerald Humphrey - 2015

Interior
Photographer: Gerald Humphrey - 2015

Interior
Photographer: Gerald Humphrey - 1984

Photograph (1970) showing street context
Submitted by Gerald Humphrey

Photographer: Ron Belling - 1970

Drawing 277 of 365 by Shaun Gaylard

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Undated postcard of the mosque surrounded by open land, after South End's buildings had been demolished
Source: Michael Fortune, Cape of Diab FB

Submitted by Lila Komnick

Photographer: Arthur English