Coy Smith Hwy. 1/2 mi. W of AL 43, Mt. Vernon, Alabama. County/parish: Mobile.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 26, 1988. NRIS 88000676.
25 contributing buildings. 3 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Mount Vernon Arsenal in Mount Vernon, Alabama 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. 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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77837019