National recognition of the Mount Vernon Arsenal/Searcy Hospital highlights need for preservation, but doesn't fund it.

Two of Alabama 's mental hospitals -- Searcy in Mount Vernon and Greil Memorial in Montgomery -- will eventually close, according to plans announced by Gov. Robert Bentley. No firm deadline has ...

Mount Vernon Arsenal and Searcy Hospital Complex (Alabama Historical Commission) In 1861, Mount Vernon Arsenal was seized by Confederate troops who occupied the site for the duration of the Civil War.

As The State of Alabama celebrates its bicentennial, critics claim it is letting almost 200 years of history rot away at the former Searcy Hospital site in Mt. Vernon.

MOUNT VERNON, Ala. (WPMI) — Dr. Bert Eichold with the Mobile County Health Department is pushing to reopen Search Hospital. Recently, he wrote a letter to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey asking that ...

Searcy Hospital was initially known as the Mount Vernon Asylum for the Colored Insane, established specifically for African American patients.

The state of Alabama closed Searcy Hospital in 2012. Many of the 19th-century buildings are dilapidated and the 20th-century buildings are dormant.

Is the abandoned Searcy Hospital, which was built in 1830 as the Mt. Vernon Arsenal, haunted?

Alabama’s mental health commissioner is looking to reopen a former state-owned and operated psychiatric hospital in Mount Vernon, according to a WPMI report. Searcy Hospital closed in 2012 ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has recognized the Mount Vernon Arsenal and Searcy Hospital as one of the nation's most endangered places.