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.
Pentagon
City: Arlington
Date: 1941
Architect: G.E. Bergstrom and DJ Witmer
County: Arlington
Berkeley Plantation
City: Charles City
Date: 1726
Architect: Benjamin Harrison
County: Charles City
Wounded Warrior Home Project
City: Fort Belvoir, Alexandria
Date: 2011
Architect: Michael Graves
County: Fairfax
Scottsville Elementary School Addition
City: Scottsville
Date: 1984
Architect: VMDO Architects
County: Albemarle
Smithfield Plantation
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1774
Architect: Col. William Preston
County: Montgomery
Belle Grove Plantation
City: Middletown
Date: 1797
Architect: Major Isaac Hite
County: Frederick
Stone House/Connor House
City: Manassas
Date: 1800-1820
Architect: unknown
County: Prince William
Brentsville Courthouse
City: Bristow
Date: 1822
Architect: William Claytor
County: Prince William
Montpelier
City: Orange
Date: 1780-83
Architect: Frances Taylor and Ambrose Madison
County: Orange
Orkney Springs Hotel, now The Virginia House Shrine Mont Conference Center
City: Orkney Springs
Date: 1853-76
Architect: unknown
County: Shenandoah
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources