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Historical Markers in Sweet Briar

 
Clickable Map of Amherst County, Virginia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Amherst County, VA (41) Appomattox County, VA (106) Bedford County, VA (225) Campbell County, VA (77) Lynchburg Ind. City, VA (266) Nelson County, VA (47) Rockbridge County, VA (58)  AmherstCounty(41) Amherst County (41)  AppomattoxCounty(106) Appomattox County (106)  BedfordCounty(225) Bedford County (225)  CampbellCounty(77) Campbell County (77)  Lynchburg(266) Lynchburg (266)  NelsonCounty(47) Nelson County (47)  RockbridgeCounty(58) Rockbridge County (58)
Amherst is the county seat for Amherst County
Sweet Briar is in Amherst County
Amherst County (41)  ►
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1 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Sweet Briar — The Boxwood Alumnae House — Sweet Briar College — Always Ahead Of Its Time —
On Chapel Road just west of Elijah Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Boxwood Alumnae House was built on Elijah Road in 1920 as an Inn for guests on campus. Converted into a small dormitory in the nineteen sixties in response to increased enrollment at the College, it was later renovated through the kind . . . — — Map (db m179533) HM
2 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Sweet Briar — R-20 — Sweet Briar College — Chartered 1901 —
On South Amherst Highway (Business U.S. 29) at Sweet Briar Road, on the right when traveling south on South Amherst Highway.
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 . . . — — Map (db m86140) HM
3 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Sweet Briar — Sweet Briar House — The Founders' Heritage at Sweet Briar College —
On Chapel Road just west of Sweet Briar Road, on the right when traveling west.
This Italianate villa was the home of College founder Indiana Fletcher Williams from sometime in the 1840s until her death in 1900. When the family acquired the property, it featured a modest modest brick house known as Locust Ridge. The . . . — — Map (db m179528) HM
4 ► Virginia, Amherst County, Sweet Briar — Sweet Briar Plantation Slave Cabin — African-American Heritage at Sweet Briar College —
On Chapel Road just west of Elijah Road, on the right when traveling west.
Historical and architectural evidence suggests this cabin house enslaved and free African Americans both before and after the Civil War. It has been in continuous use since it was constructed around 1840. More than two dozen cabins once stood on . . . — — Map (db m179532) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026