Visitation Monastery (Mobile, Alabama)

 place with historical importance, retreat centre (spiritual), convent, Romanesque (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Gothic revival (architecture), catholicism, Roman Catholic church, historic district, Richardsonian Romanesque (architecture)

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Founded in 1832, was a convent and ran a school for girls until 1952. Now used for retreats by the Catholic church.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district:

Buildings:
- Main convent building - 1854; expanded continuously through about 1900
- Sacred Heart Chapel - 1894
- Nuns' dormitory - c. 1860
- Main entrance building - c. 1864
- South quadrangle retreat building - 1867-1870 (third story added in 1885)
- East annex - 1896
- Priest's house - 1899 (currently serves as a gift shop)
- Outbuildings along rear wall - 1880s
Architect: B.M. Harrod & Paul Andry (chapel only)
Architectural style: French Renaissance Revival; Richardsonian Romanesque; Gothic Revival
Area: 10 acres
Also known as: Convent and Academy of the Visitation (historic & NRHP name)
Date added to NRHP: 4/24/1992
Other designations: U.S. Historic District; Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission