Mount Vernon Arsenal

Mount Vernon Arsenal-Searcy Hospital Complex
The old barracks building in 1935
Mount Vernon Arsenal is located in Alabama
Mount Vernon Arsenal
Mount Vernon Arsenal is located in the United States
Mount Vernon Arsenal
LocationMobile County, Alabama
Nearest cityMount Vernon, Alabama
Coordinates31°5′16″N 88°1′44″W / 31.08778°N 88.02889°W / 31.08778; -88.02889
Area36 acres (15 ha)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.88000676
Added to NRHPMay 26, 1988
1837 sketch of Mount Vernon Arsenal by John La Tourrette

The Mount Vernon Arsenal is a former United States Army munitions depot (arsenal), was used as a prison for captured Native Americans, and was served as a psychiatric hospital. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mount Vernon, Alabama. The site is home to the now closed Searcy Hospital. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1988, as the Mount Vernon Arsenal-Searcy Hospital Complex.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Mount Vernon Arsenal - Searcy Hospital Complex ~ 88000676". National Register Digital Assets. National Park Service. May 26, 1988.
  2. ^ "Mount Vernon Arsenal - Searcy Hospital Complex ~ 88000676" [National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for Federal Properties] (PDF). NPGallery HRHP PDF. National Park Service. May 26, 1988.

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