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.
Sully Historic Site
City: Chantilly
Date: 1794
Architect: Richard Bland Lee
County: Fairfax
Carter Hall Plantation
City: Millwood
Date: 1797
Architect: Harrie T. Lindeberg
County: Clarke
Jamestown Fort
City: Jamestown
Date: 1607
Architect: Virginia Company
County: James City
Orkney Springs Hotel, now The Virginia House Shrine Mont Conference Center
City: Orkney Springs
Date: 1853-76
Architect: unknown
County: Shenandoah
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Frederick County Courthouse Renovation
City: Winchester
Date: 2005
Architect: Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C.
County: City of Winchester
Lee Hall Mansion
City: Newport News
Date: 1848-59
Architect: Richard Decatur Lee
County: Newport News
Luck Stone Headquarters
City: Sabot
Date: 2008
Architect: SMBW Architects PLLC
County: Goochland
Boykin’s Tavern
City: Isle of Wight
Date: 1790
Architect: Col. Francis Boykin
County: Isle of Wight
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
City: Winchester
Date: 2005
Architect: Michael Graves
County: Winchester
Virginia Military Institute Barracks
City: Lexington
Date: 1839
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Rockbridge
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
City: Richmond
Date: 1975
Architect: Minoru Yamasaki
County: City of Richmond