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The Mosque, Richmond Civic Center, Richmond, VA, circa 1938

Subjects
Fraternal Orders & ClubsTheaters & Opera Houses
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1938 (Linen)
Front of The Mosque, Richmond Civic Center, Richmond, VA, circa 1938, c. 1938 linen postcard
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Back of The Mosque, Richmond Civic Center, Richmond, VA, circa 1938, c. 1938 linen postcard
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The Mosque rises in Richmond's civic center as a brick Moorish Revival auditorium, with an arched entrance, corner domes, and twin minaret-like towers against a blue sky. It faces Monroe Park at Laurel and Main Streets, and it included a 5,000-seat theatre auditorium, banquet and exhibition halls, a swimming pool, roof garden, dining and lounge rooms, bowling alley, hotel accommodations, and a dormitory for young men. Built in 1926-27 as the Acca Temple Shrine mosque, the building served as Richmond's principal civic auditorium and theater. It is now the Altria Theater.

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PublisherTHE RICHMOND NEWS COMPANY
THE MOSQUE, RICHMOND CIVIC CENTER, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA THE MOSQUE Richmond's Civic Center Located at Laurel and Main Streets facing beau- tiful Monroe Park. It has one of the most beauti- ful theatre auditoriums in America with a seat- ing capacity of 5,000, one of the largest banquet and exhibition halls in the South, a regulation swimming pool, roof garden, luxurious dining and lounge rooms, bowling alley, hotel accom- modations and a dormitory for discriminating young men.
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PublisherTHE RICHMOND NEWS COMPANY
Series15437
ConditionVery good
Place depictedThe Mosque, Richmond, VA
Place mentionedLaurel and Main Streets, The Mosque, Richmond
Place mentionedMonroe Park, Richmond
PublisherTHE RICHMOND NEWS COMPANY, Cambridge, MA
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; image bleeds to the edges with no white border; caption printed in the upper left. No postmark; unused divided-back 'Post Card'; linen texture; light age toning.

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The Mosque, Richmond Civic Center, Richmond, VA, circa 1938, postcard, c. 1938. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-mosque-richmond-civic-center-richmond-va-circa-1938. Accessed November 2, 2026.