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.
Stiles Residence
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1969
Architect: Carlton Abbott
County: James City
Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, James Madison University
City: Harrisonburg
Date: 2010
Architect: Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
County: Rockingham
Image Credit: Robert Benson Photography
Chapel of the Centurion (Memorial Chapel)
City: Hampton
Date: 1856
Architect: Richard Upjohn
County: Hampton
Paramount Theater
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1931
Architect: Rapp & Rapp
County: Albemarle
Rosewell *ruin
City: Gloucester
Date: 1725-1744
Architect: Mann Page
County: Gloucester
Reynolds Homestead
City: Critz
Date: 1843
Architect: Hardin Williams Reynolds
County: Patrick
Tredegar Iron Works
City: Richmond
Date: 1837
Architect: Reev. Davis and others
County: City of Richmond
Rising Sun Tavern
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1760
Architect: Charles Washington
County: Fredericksburg
Mary Washington House
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1770
Architect: unknown
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Washington Heritage Museums
Stoneleigh
City: Stanleytown
Date: 1929-31
Architect: Leland McBroom (Tinsley and McBroom
County: Henry
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Powder Magazine
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1715
Architect: Royal Governor Alexander Spottswood
County: James City
Jefferson Hotel
City: Richmond
Date: 1895
Architect: Carrere and Hastings
County: City of Richmond