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 Church
City: Irvington
Date: 1735
Architect: “Robert “”King”” Carter”
County: Lancaster
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary
City: Alexandria
Date: 1775-92
Architect: unknown
County: City of Alexandria
Branch House/Virginia Center for Architecture
City: Richmond
Date: 1916-19
Architect: John Russell Pope
County: City of Richmond
Historic Kenmore
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1775
Architect: Fielding Lewis
County: Fredericksburg
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
City: Danville
Date: 1859
Architect: Major William T. Southerlin
County: Danville
The Boars’ Head Inn
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1834*/1965
Architect: Johnson, Craven & Gibson Architects, Charlottesville, Virginia
County: Albemarle
*The grist mill that serves as the foundation of the Inn was built in 1834. It was later dismantled and brought to the current site to serve as the “bones” of the current structure which was completed in 1965.
Image Credit: Rutherford Studios and Kristen Rose Photography (Exterior)
Torpedo Factory Art Center
City: Alexandria
Date: 1918
Architect: U.S. Navy
County: City of Alexandria
National D-Day Memorial
City: Bedford
Date: 2001
Architect: Byron Dickerson, Dickerson Architects and Associates
County: Bedford
Governor’s Palace
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1706-20
Architect: Henry Cary
County: James City
Miles B Carpenter Folk Art Museum
City: Waverly
Date: 1890
Architect: unknown
County: Sussex
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
City: Ashburn
Date: 2002-2006
Architect: Rafael Viñoly Architects
County: Loudon
Image Credits: Roger Foley and Matt Staley
Virginia State Capitol
City: Richmond
Date: 1785-92
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: City of Richmond