Sweet Briar House
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: historic house in Virginia, United States
- Address: 838 Elijah Road, Amherst, VA 24521
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sweet Briar College and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Sweet Briar College
University
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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. Sweet Briar College is situated 890 feet south of Sweet Briar House.
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. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is situated 1 mile south of Sweet Briar House.
Amherst County High School
School
Amherst County High School is a public high school, grades 9–12, serving Amherst County, Virginia, United States. As the only high school in the county, it offers a comprehensive program from advanced classes to classes offered through a reciprocity program with local colleges that allow students to earn both high school and college credit at the same time. Amherst County High School is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sweet Briar House.
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 4½ miles southwest of Sweet Briar House.
Brandywine
Hamlet
Brandywine is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Brandywine is situated 6 miles southwest of Sweet Briar House.
Sweet Briar House
- Category: house
- Location: Amherst, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.55746° or 37° 33′ 27″ northLongitude
-79.08277° or 79° 4′ 58″ westElevation
833 feet (254 metres)Open location code
8792HW48+XVOpenStreetMap ID
way 552329324OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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