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 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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77837019