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.
Farmers Bank of Virginia
City: Petersburg
Date: 1817
Architect: unknown
County: Petersburg
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Temple Rodef Shalom
City: Falls Church
Date: 2001
Architect: James W. Ritter and Derek M. Norton, Ritter Architects PLLC
County: Falls Church
Christ Church
City: Irvington
Date: 1735
Architect: “Robert “”King”” Carter”
County: Lancaster
Christ Episcopal Church
City: Winchester
Date: 1828
Architect: John Bruce
County: Winchester
Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1772
Architect: unknown
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Washington Heritage Museums
War Memorial Chapel and Pylons, Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1951-60
Architect: Roy F. Larson, of Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, & Larson
County: Montgomery
Hollins University, Front Quadrangle
City: Roanoke
Date: 1839
Architect: OW Brown and DC Yates
County: Roanoke
Exchange Building/ Siege Museum
City: Petersburg
Date: 1839-41
Architect: Mr. Berrien
County: Petersburg
Reston Town Center
City: Reston
Date: 1990
Architect: Sasaki and RTKL
County: Fairfax
Garth Newel Music Center
City: Hot Springs
Date: 1923
Architect: William Sergeant Kendall Christine Herter Kendall
County: Bath
Walter L. Rice Education Building at VCU Rice River Center
City: Charles City
Date: 2009
Architect: Train and Partners Architects
County: Charles City
Designated as the first LEED Platinum building in Virginia.
City/ Farmer’s Market
City: Petersburg
Date: 1787
Architect: Maj. B.J. Black
County: Petersburg