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.
Governor’s Mansion
City: Richmond
Date: 1811-13
Architect: Alexander Parris
County: City of Richmond
Assateague Lighthouse
City: Assateague Island
Date: 1867
Architect: unknown
County: Accomack
Shirley Plantation
City: Charles City
Date: 1738
Architect: John Carter
County: Charles City
Riddick’s Folly House
City: Suffolk
Date: 1837
Architect: Mills Riddick
County: Suffolk
Exchange Building/ Siege Museum
City: Petersburg
Date: 1839-41
Architect: Mr. Berrien
County: Petersburg
Powder Magazine
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1715
Architect: Royal Governor Alexander Spottswood
County: James City
Virginia Military Institute Barracks
City: Lexington
Date: 1839
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Rockbridge
Liberia Plantation
City: Manassas
Date: 1825
Architect: Harriett Bladen Mitchell Weir and William James Weir
County: Prince William
Mary Washington House
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1770
Architect: unknown
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Washington Heritage Museums
Fairfield Plantation *ruin
City: White Marsh
Date: 1694
Architect: Lewis Burwell II
County: Gloucester
Broad Street Station/Science Museum of Virginia
City: Richmond
Date: 1919
Architect: John Russell Pope
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Sean Dewitt Photography