Sweet Briar College is a private women's liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. It was established in 1901 by Indiana Fletcher Williams in memory of her deceased daughter, Daisy.

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Building

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The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is a residential artist community in Amherst, Virginia, USA. Since 1971, VCCA has offered residencies of varying lengths with flexible scheduling for international artists, writers, and composers at its working retreat in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.

Sweet Briar House

Building

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Sweet Briar House, also known as Locust Ridge, is a historic home located at Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. The original house was built about 1825, and was a Federal style brick farmhouse with a hipped roof.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amherst and Monroe.

Amherst

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Amherst is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Amherst County. Amherst is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area.

Monroe

Hamlet

Monroe is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. Monroe is located along U.S. Route 29, 6.1 miles north of Lynchburg. Speed the Plough, a farm located in Monroe, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Monroe is situated 5 miles southwest of Sweet Briar Station.

Sweet Briar Station

Category: locality
Location: Amherst, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.55292° or 37° 33′ 11″ north

Longitude

-79.06641° or 79° 3′ 59″ west

Elevation

728 feet (222 metres)

Open location code

8792HW3M+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158222469

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4788542

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