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.
War Memorial Chapel and Pylons, Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1951-60
Architect: Roy F. Larson, of Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, & Larson
County: Montgomery
Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
City: Alexandria
Date: 2000
Architect: Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves
County: City of Alexandria
The Homestead Hotel
City: Hot Springs
Date: 1766, 1901-1902
Architect: Warren and Wetmore, Cincinnati, OH
County: Bath
Old First Baptist Church
City: Richmond
Date: 1876
Architect: Thomas U. Walter
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Photo by Crazyale
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.
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Birthplace
City: Staunton
Date: 1846
Architect: Rev. Rufus W. Bailey
County: Staunton
Mary Washington House
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1770
Architect: unknown
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Washington Heritage Museums
Rippon Lodge
City: Woodbridge
Date: 1747
Architect: Richard Blackburn
County: Prince William
Bruton Parish Church
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1710-15
Architect: Royal Governor Alexander Spottswood
County: James City
Virginia Military Institute Barracks
City: Lexington
Date: 1839
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Rockbridge
Captain Timothy Hill House
City: Chincoteague
Date: 1800
Architect: unknown
County: Accomack
National D-Day Memorial
City: Bedford
Date: 2001
Architect: Byron Dickerson, Dickerson Architects and Associates
County: Bedford