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.
Virginia Military Institute Barracks
City: Lexington
Date: 1839
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Rockbridge
Bedford Hall Addition and Renovation, Longwood University
City: Farmville
Date: 2013
Architect: HGA Architects and Moseley Architects
County: Prince Edward
Ash Lawn-Highland
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1799
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Albemarle
Frederick County Courthouse Renovation
City: Winchester
Date: 2005
Architect: Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C.
County: City of Winchester
Hermitage
City: Norfolk
Date: 1895
Architect: William and Florence Sloane
County: Norfolk
Image Credit: Virginia.org
Swift Creek Mill Theatre
City: South Chesterfield
Date: 1657-1666
Architect: Henry Randolph
County: Chesterfield
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Shenandoah County Courthouse
City: Woodstock
Date: 1772
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Shenandoah
Torpedo Factory Art Center
City: Alexandria
Date: 1918
Architect: U.S. Navy
County: City of Alexandria
Mt. Airy/”Grandma” Moses House
City: Verona
Date: 1840
Architect: unknown
County: Augusta
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Walter L. Rice Education Building at VCU Rice River Center
City: Charles City
Date: 2009
Architect: Train and Partners Architects
County: Charles City
Designated as the first LEED Platinum building in Virginia.
Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern
City: Heathsville
Date: 1795
Architect: John Hughlett
County: Northumberland