Mount Vernon Arsenal, Military arsenal in Mount Vernon, Alabama.
Mount Vernon Arsenal is a historic military complex in Alabama made up of nine surviving brick buildings situated near the Mobile River. The structures were built in the Greek Revival style and form one of the few remaining early 19th-century arsenal sites in the United States.
The United States Army founded this site in 1828 as a weapons manufacturing and storage facility. Its function changed more than once over the following decades, shifting with the needs of the military during and after the Civil War.
The buildings follow a Greek Revival style, a choice that was common in American public construction during the early 1800s. Visitors can still see the symmetrical facades and carefully laid brick walls that give the site its character today.
The site is best explored on foot, so comfortable shoes are a good idea since paths between the buildings can be uneven. Going in good weather makes it easier to take in the outdoor structures and the surrounding landscape along the Mobile River.
Between 1887 and 1894, the site held the Apache leader Geronimo along with around 450 prisoners of war. Walter Reed, who later became known for his work on yellow fever, served as the post physician during those years.
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