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.
Stiles Residence
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1969
Architect: Carlton Abbott
County: James City
Branch House/Virginia Center for Architecture
City: Richmond
Date: 1916-19
Architect: John Russell Pope
County: City of Richmond
J. Sidna Allen Home
City: Fancy Gap
Date: 1911
Architect: Design by J. Sidna Allen and wife. Built by Preston Dickens
County: Carroll
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
MacArthur Memorial
City: Norfolk
Date: 1847- 1850- originally as Norfolk County Courthouse, converted to MacArthur Memorial 1964
Architect: William R. Singleton (Courthouse): Wm. & Geofrey Platt (Memorial), Walter Hancock, Sculptor
County: Norfolk
Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
City: Alexandria
Date: 2000
Architect: Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves
County: City of Alexandria
Tredegar Iron Works
City: Richmond
Date: 1837
Architect: Reev. Davis and others
County: City of Richmond
Torpedo Factory Art Center
City: Alexandria
Date: 1918
Architect: U.S. Navy
County: City of Alexandria
Blue Ridge Farmhouse Addition
City: Washington
Date: 2000
Architect: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect
County: Rappahannock
Image Credit: Paul Warchol
Paramount Theater
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1931
Architect: Rapp & Rapp
County: Albemarle
Westover Plantation
City: Charles City
Date: 1730-34
Architect: William Byrd, II
County: Charles City
Main Street Station
City: Richmond
Date: 1900-01
Architect: Wilson, Harris, and Richards Architects and Engineers
County: City of Richmond