Voting for Virginia’s Favorite Architecture is now closed. Throughout the months of November and December 2013, the public was asked to select their favorites based on design, innovation, history, or the spirit of their communities and Virginia.
The Virginia Center for Architecture will announce the top 100 structures — Virginia’s Favorite Architecture — in an exhibition opening on April 10, 2014.
The structures featured in this survey were nominated by architects throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects in 2014. The 250 works of architecture — buildings, bridges, monuments, and memorials — in this survey represent some of the best of Virginia’s rich architectural heritage.
Ridgemont Hospital – Floyd County Historical Society Museum
City: Floyd
Date: 1913
Architect: Lather Hylton
County: Floyd
White’s Mill
City: Abingdon
Date: 1790
Architect: unknown
County: Washington
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Belle Grove Plantation at Port Conway
City: Port Conway
Date: 1790
Architect: unknown
County: King George
Image Credit: Chamberlin Photography
Pohick Episcopal Church
City: Lorton
Date: 1772
Architect: George Washington or John Wren
County: Fairfax
Taubman Museum of Art
City: Roanoke
Date: 2008
Architect: Randall Stout Architects
County: Roanoke
Blue Ridge Tunnel aka Crozet Tunnel
City: Rockfish Gap
Date: 1858
Architect: Claudius Crozet, Engineer
County:
Torpedo Factory Art Center
City: Alexandria
Date: 1918
Architect: U.S. Navy
County: City of Alexandria
Bruton Parish Church
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1710-15
Architect: Royal Governor Alexander Spottswood
County: James City
Tuckahoe Plantation
City: Richmond
Date: 1730-40
Architect: Randolph Family
County: Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Mount Vernon
City: Alexandria
Date: 1757-78
Architect: George Washington
County: Fairfax
National Bank of Fredericksburg/ Farmers Bank
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1820
Architect: Robert and George Ellis
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts addition/renovation
City: Richmond
Date: 2010
Architect: Rick Mather + SMBW Architects PLLC
County: City of Richmond