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.
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
City: Danville
Date: 1859
Architect: Major William T. Southerlin
County: Danville
nTelos Wireless Pavilion, Downtown Mall
City: Charlottesville
Date: 2005
Architect: Bill Lenart, FTL Design Engineering and Tim Thiel, SPEC Technologies
County: Albemarle
Image Credit: Philip Beaurline
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
City: Virginia Beach, Fort Story
Date: 1789-92
Architect: Bricklayer – John McComb
County: Virginia Beach
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Harry T. Lester Hall, Eastern Virginia Medical School
City: Norfolk
Date: 2011
Architect: Ellenzweig with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
County: Norfolk
Image Credit: Peter Vanderwarker
Torpedo Factory Art Center
City: Alexandria
Date: 1918
Architect: U.S. Navy
County: City of Alexandria
Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial
City: Arlington
Date: 1803
Architect: George Hadfield
County: Arlington
St. John’s Episcopal Church
City: Richmond
Date: 1740-41
Architect: unknown
County: City of Richmond
Mt. Airy/”Grandma” Moses House
City: Verona
Date: 1840
Architect: unknown
County: Augusta
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Ferguson Center for the Arts
City: Newport News
Date: 2005
Architect: Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company in association with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects
County: Newport News
Image Credit: Robert Benson Photography
Mount Airy Plantation
City: Warsaw
Date: 1764
Architect: Col. John Tayloe II
County: Richmond
Captain Timothy Hill House
City: Chincoteague
Date: 1800
Architect: unknown
County: Accomack
John Marshall House
City: Richmond
Date: 1790
Architect: Mr. Sydnor, Keeling and Smith, W. Goode, W. Duke, and W.B. Lewis
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia