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.
Miles B Carpenter Folk Art Museum
City: Waverly
Date: 1890
Architect: unknown
County: Sussex
Virginia Air and Space Center
City: Hampton
Date: 1992
Architect: Rancorn Wildman Architects PLC with Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
County: Hampton
Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
City: Alexandria
Date: 2000
Architect: Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves
County: City of Alexandria
Old Norfolk County Courthouse
City: Portsmouth
Date: 1846
Architect: William R. Singleton
County: City of Portsmouth
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Shenandoah County Courthouse
City: Woodstock
Date: 1772
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Shenandoah
Burruss Hall, Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1936
Architect: William Carneal and J. Ambler Johnston, Carneal, Johnston, and Wright, Architects and Engineers
County: Montgomery
Powder Magazine
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1715
Architect: Royal Governor Alexander Spottswood
County: James City
Christ Church
City: Irvington
Date: 1735
Architect: “Robert “”King”” Carter”
County: Lancaster
Exchange Building/ Siege Museum
City: Petersburg
Date: 1839-41
Architect: Mr. Berrien
County: Petersburg