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.
Bruton Parish Church
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1710-15
Architect: Royal Governor Alexander Spottswood
County: James City
Pentagon
City: Arlington
Date: 1941
Architect: G.E. Bergstrom and DJ Witmer
County: Arlington
Exchange Building/ Siege Museum
City: Petersburg
Date: 1839-41
Architect: Mr. Berrien
County: Petersburg
Belvedere Gardens Mausoleum
City: Salem
Date: 2004
Architect: SMBW Architects PLLC
County: Salem
Scottsville Elementary School Addition
City: Scottsville
Date: 1984
Architect: VMDO Architects
County: Albemarle
Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern
City: Heathsville
Date: 1795
Architect: John Hughlett
County: Northumberland
Rosewell *ruin
City: Gloucester
Date: 1725-1744
Architect: Mann Page
County: Gloucester
Bacon’s Castle
City: Surry
Date: 1655
Architect: Arthur Allen
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Belle Grove Plantation
City: Middletown
Date: 1797
Architect: Major Isaac Hite
County: Frederick
Tredegar Iron Works
City: Richmond
Date: 1837
Architect: Reev. Davis and others
County: City of Richmond
Virginia Beach Convention Center
City: Virginia Beach
Date: 2007
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
County: Virginia Beach