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.
Magnolia Grange Plantation
City: Chesterfield
Date: 1823
Architect: William Winfree
County: Chesterfield
Jefferson Hotel
City: Richmond
Date: 1895
Architect: Carrere and Hastings
County: City of Richmond
Belmead
City: Powhatan
Date: 1845
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Powhatan
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Brooks Hall, University of Virginia
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1876
Architect: John R. Thomas
County: Albemarle
Christ Church
City: Alexandria
Date: 1767-73
Architect: Col. James Wren
County: City of Alexandria
Red Hill (Patrick Henry’s Law Office)
City: Brookneal
Date: Originally 1794- 1799 (Image: approx. mid 1930’s)
Architect: unknown
County: Charlotte
Assateague Lighthouse
City: Assateague Island
Date: 1867
Architect: unknown
County: Accomack
Western State Hospital
City: Staunton
Date: 1828
Architect: William Small, Baltimore
County: Staunton
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Robert M. Hughes Memorial Library/ Hughes Hall
City: Norfolk
Date: 1959
Architect: Edward Durell Stone
County: Norfolk
Pope Leighey House
City: Alexandria
Date: 1939
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
County: Fairfax
Sully Historic Site
City: Chantilly
Date: 1794
Architect: Richard Bland Lee
County: Fairfax