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.
Pope Leighey House
City: Alexandria
Date: 1939
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
County: Fairfax
Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern
City: Heathsville
Date: 1795
Architect: John Hughlett
County: Northumberland
Carter’s Grove
City: James City
Date: 1750
Architect: David Minitree
County: James City
Governor’s Mansion
City: Richmond
Date: 1811-13
Architect: Alexander Parris
County: City of Richmond
Swift Creek Mill Theatre
City: South Chesterfield
Date: 1657-1666
Architect: Henry Randolph
County: Chesterfield
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Rippon Lodge
City: Woodbridge
Date: 1747
Architect: Richard Blackburn
County: Prince William
Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
City: Alexandria
Date: 2000
Architect: Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves
County: City of Alexandria
Elsing Green
City: King William
Date: 1690
Architect: William Burnett
County: King William
Lynchburg Courthouse and Monument Terrace
City: Lynchburg
Date: 1855
Architect: Andrew Ellison, Jr.
County: Lynchburg
Frederick County Courthouse Renovation
City: Winchester
Date: 2005
Architect: Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C.
County: City of Winchester