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.
Bedford Hall Addition and Renovation, Longwood University
City: Farmville
Date: 2013
Architect: HGA Architects and Moseley Architects
County: Prince Edward
Washington and Lee University Chapel
City: Lexington
Date: 1868
Architect: George Washington Custis Lee and Col. Thomas Williamson
County: Rockbridge
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)
Hollin Hills
City: Alexandria
Date: 1946, 1956-71
Architect: Charles W. Goodman
County: Fairfax
Photo by Clarissa Peterson
Peyton Randolph House
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1715-1782
Architect: William Robertson
County: James City
Alexander Black House and Cultural Center
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1897/2013
Architect: Alexander Black/ Restoration by Glavé & Holmes
County: Montgomery
Belmead
City: Powhatan
Date: 1845
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Powhatan
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Green Spring *ruin
City: James City
Date: 1643
Architect: Sir William Berkeley
County: James City
Virginia Air and Space Center
City: Hampton
Date: 1992
Architect: Rancorn Wildman Architects PLC with Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
County: Hampton
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind
City: Staunton
Date: 1846
Architect: Robert Cary Long, Jr., Baltimore
County: Staunton
Lee Hall Mansion
City: Newport News
Date: 1848-59
Architect: Richard Decatur Lee
County: Newport News