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.
Spite House
City: Alexandria
Date: 1830
Architect: John Hollensbury
County: City of Alexandria
Paramount Theater
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1931
Architect: Rapp & Rapp
County: Albemarle
J. Sidna Allen Home
City: Fancy Gap
Date: 1911
Architect: Design by J. Sidna Allen and wife. Built by Preston Dickens
County: Carroll
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Westover Plantation
City: Charles City
Date: 1730-34
Architect: William Byrd, II
County: Charles City
Tredegar Iron Works
City: Richmond
Date: 1837
Architect: Reev. Davis and others
County: City of Richmond
Hampton Roads Convention Center
City: Hampton
Date: 2005
Architect: HOK (Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum)
County: Hampton
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
Burruss Hall, Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1936
Architect: William Carneal and J. Ambler Johnston, Carneal, Johnston, and Wright, Architects and Engineers
County: Montgomery
Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts Filene Center
City: Vienna
Date: 1984
Architect: Dewberry & Davis, John MacFadyen, Joseph Boggs
County: Fairfax
Image Credit: Chris Issak – Robert Boag (Top) , Dolly Parton – Scott Suchman (Bottom)
Old Coast Guard Station
City: Virginia Beach
Date: 1903
Architect: George R. Tolman
County: Virginia Beach