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.
Hollin Hills
City: Alexandria
Date: 1946, 1956-71
Architect: Charles W. Goodman
County: Fairfax
Photo by Clarissa Peterson
Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, James Madison University
City: Harrisonburg
Date: 2010
Architect: Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
County: Rockingham
Image Credit: Robert Benson Photography
Monumental Church
City: Richmond
Date: 1814
Architect: Robert Mills
County: City of Richmond
Robert M. Hughes Memorial Library/ Hughes Hall
City: Norfolk
Date: 1959
Architect: Edward Durell Stone
County: Norfolk
Monticello
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1770
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Albemarle
John Marshall House
City: Richmond
Date: 1790
Architect: Mr. Sydnor, Keeling and Smith, W. Goode, W. Duke, and W.B. Lewis
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
St. Andrews Catholic Church
City: Roanoke
Date: 1902
Architect: William P. Ginther, Akron, OH
County: Roanoke
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Polegreen Church
City: Mechanicsville
Date: 1743
Architect: Samuel Morris
County: Hanover
Western State Hospital
City: Staunton
Date: 1828
Architect: William Small, Baltimore
County: Staunton
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Fredericksburg Courthouse
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1814-16
Architect: James Renwick, Jr.
County: Fredericksburg