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.
Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, James Madison University
City: Harrisonburg
Date: 2010
Architect: Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
County: Rockingham
Image Credit: Robert Benson Photography
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
City: Danville
Date: 1859
Architect: Major William T. Southerlin
County: Danville
Reston Town Center
City: Reston
Date: 1990
Architect: Sasaki and RTKL
County: Fairfax
Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown
City: Beaverdam
Date: unknown
Architect: Col. Charles Chiswell
County: Hanover
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Bremo Historic District (Upper Bremo, Lower Bremo, Bremo Recess)
City: Bremo Bluff
Date: around 1808-45
Architect: General Hartwell Cocke
County: Fluvanna
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary
City: Alexandria
Date: 1775-92
Architect: unknown
County: City of Alexandria
Model Tobacco Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1938-40
Architect: Schmidt, Garden and Erikson
County: City of Richmond
Hereford Residential College, University of Virginia
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1992
Architect: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien
County: Albemarle
Photo © Ben Lunsford
Lynchburg Courthouse and Monument Terrace
City: Lynchburg
Date: 1855
Architect: Andrew Ellison, Jr.
County: Lynchburg
White’s Mill
City: Abingdon
Date: 1790
Architect: unknown
County: Washington
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial
City: Arlington
Date: 1803
Architect: George Hadfield
County: Arlington