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.
Pentagon
City: Arlington
Date: 1941
Architect: G.E. Bergstrom and DJ Witmer
County: Arlington
Central National Bank – Branch
City: Richmond
Date: 1929-30
Architect: John Eberson
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Rippon Lodge
City: Woodbridge
Date: 1747
Architect: Richard Blackburn
County: Prince William
Shirley Plantation
City: Charles City
Date: 1738
Architect: John Carter
County: Charles City
Chatham Manor
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1768-1771
Architect: William Fitzhugh
County: Pittsylvania
Duke Hall School of Art & Art History Renovation, James Madison University
City: Harrisonburg
Date: 2013
Architect: Clark Nexsen – Architect of Record; GUND Partnership – Design Architect
County: Rockingham
Coffee Pot Building
City: Lexington
Date: 1959
Architect: Kenneth Willis
County: Rockbridge
Image Credit: Roadside America
Stonewall Jackson House
City: Lexington
Date: 1801
Architect: Cornelius Dorman
County: Rockbridge
Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1772
Architect: unknown
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Washington Heritage Museums
Egyptian Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1845
Architect: Thomas Stewart
County: City of Richmond