Visitation Monastery, Mobile

Name: Visitation Monastery
Address: Mobile, United States

#25 among attractions in Mobile

Church, Event space, Romanesque architecture

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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. It, along with the Convent of Mercy, is one of two surviving historic convent complexes in Mobile. ()

Coordinates: 30°41'38"N, 88°5'34"W

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Visitation Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, Trinity Episcopal Church, Catholic Cemetery, Mobile Medical Museum.

0.4 miE
Museum, Greek Revival architecture, History museum
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, Mobile
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0.7 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Trinity Episcopal Church, Mobile
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1.6 miNE
Cemetery
Catholic Cemetery, Mobile
42 min walk • Catholic Cemetery, formerly known as the Stone Street Cemetery, is a historic 150-acre cemetery located in Mobile, Alabama. It was established in 1848 by Michael Portier, a native of Montbrison, France and the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile.
1 miE
30°41'35"N • 88°4'35"W
Mobile Medical Museum, Mobile
26 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
1.3 miNE
Church
Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, Mobile
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0.8 miSE
Museum
Carlen House, Mobile
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0.6 miE
Synagogue
Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim, Mobile
17 min walk • Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim is the oldest Jewish congregation in the state of Alabama and one of the oldest Reform Jewish congregations in the United States. Located in Mobile, the congregation was formally organized in 1844. The current synagogue for the congregation is the Springhill Avenue Temple.
0.8 miS
Neighbourhood
Midtown Historic District, Mobile
20 min walk • The Midtown Historic District is a historic district in the city of Mobile, Alabama, United States.
0.5 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Georgia Cottage, Mobile
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1.2 miSE
Spanish colonial revival architecture
George Fearn House, Mobile
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~1280 ftS
Neighbourhood, Tudor Revival architecture
Ashland Place Historic District, Mobile
7 min walk • The Ashland Place Historic District is a historic district in the city of Mobile, Alabama, United States. The neighborhood gained its name from a Greek Revival antebellum house called Ashland that once stood on Lanier Avenue.

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Which popular attractions are close to Visitation Monastery?

Nearby attractions include Ashland Place Historic District, Mobile (7 min walk), Ernest Megginson House, Mobile (8 min walk), Jacob VanderSys House, Mobile (9 min walk), Amelia Stewart House, Mobile (10 min walk).