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.
Center for Innovative Technology
City: Herndon
Date: 1989
Architect: Ward Hall Associates and Arquitectonica
County: Fairfax
Briery Church
City: Keysville
Date: 1855
Architect: Rev. Robert Lewis Dabney
County: Prince Edward
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
City: Virginia Beach, Fort Story
Date: 1789-92
Architect: Bricklayer – John McComb
County: Virginia Beach
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Stone House/Connor House
City: Manassas
Date: 1800-1820
Architect: unknown
County: Prince William
MacArthur Memorial
City: Norfolk
Date: 1847- 1850- originally as Norfolk County Courthouse, converted to MacArthur Memorial 1964
Architect: William R. Singleton (Courthouse): Wm. & Geofrey Platt (Memorial), Walter Hancock, Sculptor
County: Norfolk
Western State Hospital
City: Staunton
Date: 1828
Architect: William Small, Baltimore
County: Staunton
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Governor’s Mansion
City: Richmond
Date: 1811-13
Architect: Alexander Parris
County: City of Richmond
Point of Honor
City: Lynchburg
Date: 1815
Architect: George Cabell Sr.
County: Lynchburg
Belvedere Gardens Mausoleum
City: Salem
Date: 2004
Architect: SMBW Architects PLLC
County: Salem