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.
Gadsby’s Tavern
City: Alexandria
Date: 1785-92
Architect: John Wise
County: City of Alexandria
Women In Military Service for America, Arlington National Cemetery
City: Arlington
Date: 1932/1992-97
Architect: William Mitchell Kendall (McKim, Mead and White)/ Michael Manfredi and Marion G. Weiss
County: Arlington
Image Credit: Carol Highsmith
St. Andrews Catholic Church
City: Roanoke
Date: 1902
Architect: William P. Ginther, Akron, OH
County: Roanoke
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village, University of Virginia
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1819
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Albemarle
Battle Abbey/ Virginia Historical Society
City: Richmond
Date: 1912-21
Architect: Bissell and Sinkler
County: City of Richmond
Maymont
City: Richmond
Date: 1890
Architect: Edgerton S. Rogers
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Anthony Sylvestro
Ridgemont Hospital – Floyd County Historical Society Museum
City: Floyd
Date: 1913
Architect: Lather Hylton
County: Floyd
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
Frederick County Courthouse Renovation
City: Winchester
Date: 2005
Architect: Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C.
County: City of Winchester
National Museum of the Marine Corps
City: Triangle
Date: 2004-06
Architect: Fentress-Bradburn Architects
County: Prince William
Hollins University, Front Quadrangle
City: Roanoke
Date: 1839
Architect: OW Brown and DC Yates
County: Roanoke
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
City: Ashburn
Date: 2002-2006
Architect: Rafael Viñoly Architects
County: Loudon
Image Credits: Roger Foley and Matt Staley