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.
Hampton Coliseum
City: Hampton
Date: 1968-70
Architect: A.G. Odell, Jr. and Associates
County: Hampton
Belle Grove Plantation at Port Conway
City: Port Conway
Date: 1790
Architect: unknown
County: King George
Image Credit: Chamberlin Photography
Chapel of the Centurion (Memorial Chapel)
City: Hampton
Date: 1856
Architect: Richard Upjohn
County: Hampton
Agecroft Hall
City: Richmond
Date: 1926-27
Architect: Thomas C. Williams, Jr.
County: City of Richmond
Virginia Air and Space Center
City: Hampton
Date: 1992
Architect: Rancorn Wildman Architects PLC with Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
County: Hampton
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
City: Virginia Beach, Fort Story
Date: 1789-92
Architect: Bricklayer – John McComb
County: Virginia Beach
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Assateague Lighthouse
City: Assateague Island
Date: 1867
Architect: unknown
County: Accomack
Long Branch Plantation
City: Millwood
Date: 1810-11
Architect: Benjamin Henry Latrobe
County: Clarke
Carter Hall Plantation
City: Millwood
Date: 1797
Architect: Harrie T. Lindeberg
County: Clarke
Egyptian Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1845
Architect: Thomas Stewart
County: City of Richmond
The Boars’ Head Inn
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1834*/1965
Architect: Johnson, Craven & Gibson Architects, Charlottesville, Virginia
County: Albemarle
*The grist mill that serves as the foundation of the Inn was built in 1834. It was later dismantled and brought to the current site to serve as the “bones” of the current structure which was completed in 1965.
Image Credit: Rutherford Studios and Kristen Rose Photography (Exterior)
Monticello
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1770
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Albemarle