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
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Church, Gothic Revival architecture
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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
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0.6 miE
Synagogue
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0.8 miS
Neighbourhood
Midtown Historic District, Mobile
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Greek Revival architecture
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1.2 miSE
Spanish colonial revival architecture
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~1280 ftS
Neighbourhood, Tudor Revival architecture
Ashland Place Historic District, Mobile
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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).

Visitation Monastery, Mobile

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

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