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.
Reston Town Center
City: Reston
Date: 1990
Architect: Sasaki and RTKL
County: Fairfax
Mt. Airy/”Grandma” Moses House
City: Verona
Date: 1840
Architect: unknown
County: Augusta
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Lee Hall Mansion
City: Newport News
Date: 1848-59
Architect: Richard Decatur Lee
County: Newport News
Weston Manor
City: Hopewell
Date: 1789
Architect: William and Christian Eppes Gilliam
County: Hopewell
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Salem Museum/Williams-Brown House
City: Salem
Date: 1837/ 2010
Architect: William C. Williams/ Jennifer Smith Lewis
County: Salem
Old First Baptist Church
City: Richmond
Date: 1876
Architect: Thomas U. Walter
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Photo by Crazyale
Christ Episcopal Church
City: Big Stone Gap
Date: 1890
Architect: T. Buckler Chequior
County: Wise
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
City: Danville
Date: 1859
Architect: Major William T. Southerlin
County: Danville
Branch House/Virginia Center for Architecture
City: Richmond
Date: 1916-19
Architect: John Russell Pope
County: City of Richmond