Sweet Briar House

Sweet Briar House

Sweet Briar House, April 1971
Location SW of jct. of U.S. 29 and VA 624, Sweet Briar, Virginia
Coordinates 37°33′26″N 79°4′59″W / 37.55722°N 79.08306°W / 37.55722; -79.08306Coordinates: 37°33′26″N 79°4′59″W / 37.55722°N 79.08306°W / 37.55722; -79.08306
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built c. 1825 (1825), 1851
Architectural style Italian Villa, Federal
NRHP Reference # 70000783[1]
VLR # 005-0018
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 15, 1970
Designated VLR July 7, 1970[2]

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. The house was extensively remodeled in 1851 in the Italian Villa-style. The remodeling added a two-level arcaded portico with a one-story verandah across the facade and two three-story towers of unequal height and form. Also on the property is a late-19th century latticed well house. The house now serves as the residence for the president of Sweet Briar College.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. J. Daniel Pezzoni (March 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sweet Briar House" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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