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.
Polegreen Church
City: Mechanicsville
Date: 1743
Architect: Samuel Morris
County: Hanover
Adam Thoroughgood House
City: Virginia Beach
Date: 1719
Architect: Argall Thorowgood
County: Virginia Beach
Wilderness Road Regional Museum
City: Dublin
Date: 1810-16
Architect: Adam Hance
County: Pulaski
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
City: Winchester
Date: 2005
Architect: Michael Graves
County: Winchester
Stratford Hall
City: Stratford
Date: 1725-30
Architect: Col. Thomas Lee
County: Westmoreland
Center for the Arts, Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Date: 2013
Architect: Snøhetta
County: Montgomery
Jefferson Hotel
City: Richmond
Date: 1895
Architect: Carrere and Hastings
County: City of Richmond
National Bank of Fredericksburg/ Farmers Bank
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1820
Architect: Robert and George Ellis
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Broad Street Station/Science Museum of Virginia
City: Richmond
Date: 1919
Architect: John Russell Pope
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Sean Dewitt Photography
Pohick Episcopal Church
City: Lorton
Date: 1772
Architect: George Washington or John Wren
County: Fairfax