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.
Old City Hall
City: Richmond
Date: 1886-94
Architect: Elijah E. Myers
County: City of Richmond
Gadsby’s Tavern
City: Alexandria
Date: 1785-92
Architect: John Wise
County: City of Alexandria
Wickham House/Valentine Richmond History Center
City: Richmond
Date: 1812
Architect: Alexander Parris
County: City of Richmond
Center for Innovative Technology
City: Herndon
Date: 1989
Architect: Ward Hall Associates and Arquitectonica
County: Fairfax
Reynolds Metals Company Executive Office Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1958
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft (with SOM), Charles F. Gillette (Landscape architect)
County: Henrico
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Polegreen Church
City: Mechanicsville
Date: 1743
Architect: Samuel Morris
County: Hanover
Montpelier
City: Orange
Date: 1780-83
Architect: Frances Taylor and Ambrose Madison
County: Orange
Torpedo Factory Art Center
City: Alexandria
Date: 1918
Architect: U.S. Navy
County: City of Alexandria
Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown
City: Beaverdam
Date: unknown
Architect: Col. Charles Chiswell
County: Hanover
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Piney Grove at Southall’s Plantation
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1790; enlarged 1850
Architect: unknown; John Stubblefield
County: James City
Photo courtesy of Virginia Department of Historic Resources