Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College is an all-women's college located in Sweet Briar, Virginia, roughly 50 miles south of Charlottesville, Virginia and approxamately 168 miles south of Washington, D.C. on U.S. 29.

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Sweet Briar, Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia - Washington, D.C.

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It was founded in 1901, on the legacy of Indiana Fletcher Williams, who lost Daisy, her only daughter, at the age of 16. From the beginning it has been a non-denominational college. In the words of its Mrs. Williams, its goal is to prepare young women to be "useful members of society."

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The campus is situated on 3,200 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The college's architecture is dominated by the work of Ralph Adams Cram, who also lended his architectural expertise to the campuses of Princeton University and West Point, among others. 21 of the 30 buildings on campus have been designated as the "Sweet Briar National Historic District" by the National Register of Historic Places. In 2004, the Princeton Review cited Sweet Briar's campus as the fifth most beautiful in the United States.

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Blue Ridge Mountains - Ralph Adams Cram - Princeton University - West Point - National Register of Historic Places - Princeton Review

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Its sports teams are known as the Vixens. Sweet Briar is a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

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