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.
The Homestead Hotel
City: Hot Springs
Date: 1766, 1901-1902
Architect: Warren and Wetmore, Cincinnati, OH
County: Bath
Robert M. Hughes Memorial Library/ Hughes Hall
City: Norfolk
Date: 1959
Architect: Edward Durell Stone
County: Norfolk
Christ Church
City: Alexandria
Date: 1767-73
Architect: Col. James Wren
County: City of Alexandria
Manor House at Smith’s Fort
City: Surry
Date: 1751 to 1765
Architect: unknown
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Gloucester Historic Court Circle
City: Gloucester
Date: various
Architect: various
County: Gloucester
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Attucks Theatre
City: Norfolk
Date: 1919
Architect: Harvery N. Johnson
County: Norfolk
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
City: Winchester
Date: 2005
Architect: Michael Graves
County: Winchester
Long Branch Plantation
City: Millwood
Date: 1810-11
Architect: Benjamin Henry Latrobe
County: Clarke
Shockoe Slip
City: Richmond
Date: 1865-70
Architect: various
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Fairfield Plantation *ruin
City: White Marsh
Date: 1694
Architect: Lewis Burwell II
County: Gloucester