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.
Bacon’s Castle
City: Surry
Date: 1655
Architect: Arthur Allen
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Western State Hospital
City: Staunton
Date: 1828
Architect: William Small, Baltimore
County: Staunton
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Branch House/Virginia Center for Architecture
City: Richmond
Date: 1916-19
Architect: John Russell Pope
County: City of Richmond
Elsing Green
City: King William
Date: 1690
Architect: William Burnett
County: King William
Egyptian Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1845
Architect: Thomas Stewart
County: City of Richmond
Wren Building, College of William and Mary
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1695-1702
Architect: Sir Christopher Wren
County: James City
Robert M. Hughes Memorial Library/ Hughes Hall
City: Norfolk
Date: 1959
Architect: Edward Durell Stone
County: Norfolk
