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.
Christ Episcopal Church
City: Winchester
Date: 1828
Architect: John Bruce
County: Winchester
St. Peter’s Church
City: New Kent
Date: 1703
Architect: Builder-Col. Joseph Foster
County: New Kent
Powder Magazine
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1715
Architect: Royal Governor Alexander Spottswood
County: James City
Attucks Theatre
City: Norfolk
Date: 1919
Architect: Harvery N. Johnson
County: Norfolk
Luck Stone Headquarters
City: Sabot
Date: 2008
Architect: SMBW Architects PLLC
County: Goochland
Bacon’s Castle
City: Surry
Date: 1655
Architect: Arthur Allen
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Wickham House/Valentine Richmond History Center
City: Richmond
Date: 1812
Architect: Alexander Parris
County: City of Richmond
The Birthplace at Hampden-Sydney College
City: Hampden-Sydney
Date: 1750
Architect: Nathaniel Venable
County: Prince Edward
Ferguson Center for the Arts
City: Newport News
Date: 2005
Architect: Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company in association with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects
County: Newport News
Image Credit: Robert Benson Photography
Wessynton
City: Alexandria
Date: 1973
Architect: Nicholas Pappas, Diegert and Yerkes, AIA
County: Fairfax
Virginia Air and Space Center
City: Hampton
Date: 1992
Architect: Rancorn Wildman Architects PLC with Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
County: Hampton
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
City: Danville
Date: 1859
Architect: Major William T. Southerlin
County: Danville