Sherman Street Event Center
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1 = Colorado
| designated_other1_date =
| designated_other1_number = 5DV.2892
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| image = Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine.jpg
| caption = Front and southern side of the building
| location = 1770 Sherman St., Denver, Colorado
| coordinates = {{coord|39|44|41|N|104|59|2|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Colorado#USA
| built = 1907
| architect = Viggo Baerresen; Harold Baerressen
| architecture = Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Moorish Revival; Egyptian Revival
| added = October 24, 1997
| area = {{convert|0.9|acre|ha}}
| refnum = 97001235[http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregadvancedsearch.do NRIS]
}}
The Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine, which has also been known as the Rocky Mountain Consistory, and as the Scottish Rite Temple is a historic building in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of downtown Denver.Old House Interiors - Feb-Mar 2005 Vol. 11, No. 2 -- Page 14 "at the Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine Temple, also known as the 1770 Sherman Street Complex, in Denver. (Built in 1907, the National Register building is one of the best examples of Moorish-inspired architecture in Colorado.) ..." It was for a period known as Sherman Street Event Center[http://www.1770shermanstreet.net/ Sherman Street Events Center website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815051314/http://www.1770shermanstreet.net/ |date=2013-08-15 }} (deadlink)
The Moorish-inspired building was constructed in 1907, as a meeting hall for the El Jabel chapter of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (the Shriners). It has never been a true mosque in the Islamic sense. In 1924, having outgrown the building, the Shriners sold it to the Scottish Rite Masons, who renamed it. In 1995, the Scottish Rite sold the building to Eulipions, Inc. who converted it into a catering and events facility.{{NRHP url|id=97001235|title=National Register of Historic Places nomination document}}
File:DNC (2803230444).jpg holds a summit inside the Sherman Street Event Center during the 2008 Democratic National Convention]]
It was known as the Scottish Rite Temple despite the fact that it never served as a Scottish Rite meeting hall.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
See also
- Masonic Temple Building, at 1614 Welton St. in Denver's central business district
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Denver
Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
Category:Masonic buildings in Colorado
Category:Masonic buildings completed in 1907
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Denver
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