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.
Mount Vernon
City: Alexandria
Date: 1757-78
Architect: George Washington
County: Fairfax
Bacon’s Castle
City: Surry
Date: 1655
Architect: Arthur Allen
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Weston Manor
City: Hopewell
Date: 1789
Architect: William and Christian Eppes Gilliam
County: Hopewell
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Riddick’s Folly House
City: Suffolk
Date: 1837
Architect: Mills Riddick
County: Suffolk
Wounded Warrior Home Project
City: Fort Belvoir, Alexandria
Date: 2011
Architect: Michael Graves
County: Fairfax
Battle Abbey/ Virginia Historical Society
City: Richmond
Date: 1912-21
Architect: Bissell and Sinkler
County: City of Richmond
Green Spring *ruin
City: James City
Date: 1643
Architect: Sir William Berkeley
County: James City
Allied Arts Building
City: Lynchburg
Date: 1931
Architect: Stanhope S. Johnson and Addison Staples
County: Lynchburg
Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts Filene Center
City: Vienna
Date: 1984
Architect: Dewberry & Davis, John MacFadyen, Joseph Boggs
County: Fairfax
Image Credit: Chris Issak – Robert Boag (Top) , Dolly Parton – Scott Suchman (Bottom)
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
City: Danville
Date: 1859
Architect: Major William T. Southerlin
County: Danville
Shirley Plantation
City: Charles City
Date: 1738
Architect: John Carter
County: Charles City