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Sweet Briar College Chartered 1901 R20 |
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 Picture courtesy of John Musgrove
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 line acquired by Elijah Fletcher before 1830. The eighteenth-century homestead, remodeled and name Sweet Briar House by the Fletchers, is set in a boxwood garden.
Virginia State Library 1951
Rt 29, 2.1 miles south of Amherst Amherst County Virginia.
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