Convent and Academy of the Visitation

This article is about an establishment in Alabama. For the location in Washington, D.C., see Georgetown Visitation Monastery.

Convent and Academy of the Visitation
The east building was built in 1855 and serves as the main entrance to the convent.
Convent and Academy of the Visitation is located in Mobile, Alabama
Convent and Academy of the Visitation
Convent and Academy of the Visitation is located in Alabama
Convent and Academy of the Visitation
Convent and Academy of the Visitation is located in the United States
Convent and Academy of the Visitation
Location2300 Spring Hill Avenue
Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates30°41′37.80″N 88°5′34.56″W / 30.6938333°N 88.0929333°W / 30.6938333; -88.0929333
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built1855; 1895; 1899
ArchitectJames Henry Hutchisson
Architectural styleFrench Renaissance, Romanesque Revival, Gothic Revival
MPSHistoric Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission[2]
NRHP reference No.91000844[1]
Added to NRHPApril 24, 1992[1]

The Convent and Academy of the Visitation, properly known today as the Visitation Monastery, is a historic complex of Roman Catholic religious buildings and a small cemetery in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The buildings and grounds were documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 1992 as a part of Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission.[1] It, along with the Convent of Mercy, is one of two surviving historic convent complexes in Mobile.

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile MPS". National Register Information System. Retrieved March 11, 2008.