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.
Hermitage
City: Norfolk
Date: 1895
Architect: William and Florence Sloane
County: Norfolk
Image Credit: Virginia.org
The Nathalie P. and Alan M. Voorhees Archaearium
City: Historic Jamestowne Island
Date: 2006
Architect: Carlton Abbott, Carlton Abbott and Partners, P.C.
County: James City
Christ Church
City: Alexandria
Date: 1767-73
Architect: Col. James Wren
County: City of Alexandria
Smithfield Plantation
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1774
Architect: Col. William Preston
County: Montgomery
Red Hill (Patrick Henry’s Law Office)
City: Brookneal
Date: Originally 1794- 1799 (Image: approx. mid 1930’s)
Architect: unknown
County: Charlotte
Shirley Plantation
City: Charles City
Date: 1738
Architect: John Carter
County: Charles City
Gloucester Historic Court Circle
City: Gloucester
Date: various
Architect: various
County: Gloucester
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Briery Church
City: Keysville
Date: 1855
Architect: Rev. Robert Lewis Dabney
County: Prince Edward
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
City: Alexandria
Date: 1817
Architect: Benjamin Henry Latrobe
County: City of Alexandria
Main Street Station
City: Richmond
Date: 1900-01
Architect: Wilson, Harris, and Richards Architects and Engineers
County: City of Richmond
Wilderness Road Regional Museum
City: Dublin
Date: 1810-16
Architect: Adam Hance
County: Pulaski