Sweet Briar College
Chartered 1901
This liberal arts college for women, opened in 1906, granted its first Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1910. Estbalished 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 Fletched before 1830. The eighteenth century homestead, remodeled and named “Sweet Briar House” by the Fletchers, is set in a boxwood garden.
AMHERST COUNTY: 2 MILES SOUTH OF AMHERST — U. S. RT 29
Marker is at the intersection of South Amherst Highway (Business U.S. 29) and Sweet Briar Road, on the right when traveling south on South Amherst Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
