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.
Reynolds Metals Company Executive Office Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1958
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft (with SOM), Charles F. Gillette (Landscape architect)
County: Henrico
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Belle Grove Plantation
City: Middletown
Date: 1797
Architect: Major Isaac Hite
County: Frederick
War Memorial Chapel and Pylons, Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1951-60
Architect: Roy F. Larson, of Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, & Larson
County: Montgomery
Old Coast Guard Station
City: Virginia Beach
Date: 1903
Architect: George R. Tolman
County: Virginia Beach
Freemason Street Baptist
City: Norfolk
Date: 1850
Architect: Thomas U. Walter
County: Norfolk
Green Spring *ruin
City: James City
Date: 1643
Architect: Sir William Berkeley
County: James City
Blue Ridge Tunnel aka Crozet Tunnel
City: Rockfish Gap
Date: 1858
Architect: Claudius Crozet, Engineer
County:
Shockoe Slip
City: Richmond
Date: 1865-70
Architect: various
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown
City: Beaverdam
Date: unknown
Architect: Col. Charles Chiswell
County: Hanover
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Ker (Kerr) Place
City: Onancock
Date: 1799-1803
Architect: unknown
County: Accomack
Hollin Hills
City: Alexandria
Date: 1946, 1956-71
Architect: Charles W. Goodman
County: Fairfax
Photo by Clarissa Peterson