Sweet Briar College Chartered 1901

Amherst County · dedicated 1951 · Rte. 29, just south of intersection with Sweet Briar Road

This Liberal Arts College for women, opened in 1906, granted its first Bachelor of Arts Degrees in 1910. Established under the will of Indiana Fletcher Williams as a memorial to her only daughter, Daisy, the College is located on a 2800-acre tract of land acquired by Elijah Fletcher before 1830. The eighteenth-century homestead, remodeled and named "Sweet Briar House" by the Fletchers, is set in a boxwood garden.

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Sweet Briar College Chartered 1901

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