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.
Pentagon
City: Arlington
Date: 1941
Architect: G.E. Bergstrom and DJ Witmer
County: Arlington
Blue Ridge Farmhouse Addition
City: Washington
Date: 2000
Architect: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect
County: Rappahannock
Image Credit: Paul Warchol
Swift Creek Mill Theatre
City: South Chesterfield
Date: 1657-1666
Architect: Henry Randolph
County: Chesterfield
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Dovetail Construction Company
City: Richmond
Date: 1907/2010
Architect: Walter Parks Architect
County: Richmond
Image Credit: Lee Brauer
Central National Bank – Branch
City: Richmond
Date: 1929-30
Architect: John Eberson
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
White’s Mill
City: Abingdon
Date: 1790
Architect: unknown
County: Washington
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Belle Grove Plantation
City: Middletown
Date: 1797
Architect: Major Isaac Hite
County: Frederick
Stonewall Jackson House
City: Lexington
Date: 1801
Architect: Cornelius Dorman
County: Rockbridge
Main Street Station
City: Richmond
Date: 1900-01
Architect: Wilson, Harris, and Richards Architects and Engineers
County: City of Richmond
Capitol of Williamsburg
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1701-05
Architect: Henry Cary
County: James City