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.
Bacon’s Castle
City: Surry
Date: 1655
Architect: Arthur Allen
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Coffee Pot Building
City: Lexington
Date: 1959
Architect: Kenneth Willis
County: Rockbridge
Image Credit: Roadside America
Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial
City: Arlington
Date: 1803
Architect: George Hadfield
County: Arlington
Rosewell *ruin
City: Gloucester
Date: 1725-1744
Architect: Mann Page
County: Gloucester
Polegreen Church
City: Mechanicsville
Date: 1743
Architect: Samuel Morris
County: Hanover
Barboursville
City: Barboursville
Date: 1822
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Orange
Old First Baptist Church
City: Richmond
Date: 1876
Architect: Thomas U. Walter
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Photo by Crazyale
Wounded Warrior Home Project
City: Fort Belvoir, Alexandria
Date: 2011
Architect: Michael Graves
County: Fairfax
J. Sidna Allen Home
City: Fancy Gap
Date: 1911
Architect: Design by J. Sidna Allen and wife. Built by Preston Dickens
County: Carroll
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Robert M. Hughes Memorial Library/ Hughes Hall
City: Norfolk
Date: 1959
Architect: Edward Durell Stone
County: Norfolk