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
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Birthplace
City: Staunton
Date: 1846
Architect: Rev. Rufus W. Bailey
County: Staunton
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)
Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1772
Architect: unknown
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Washington Heritage Museums
Rising Sun Tavern
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1760
Architect: Charles Washington
County: Fredericksburg
Miles B Carpenter Folk Art Museum
City: Waverly
Date: 1890
Architect: unknown
County: Sussex
Pope Leighey House
City: Alexandria
Date: 1939
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
County: Fairfax
Old Norfolk County Courthouse
City: Portsmouth
Date: 1846
Architect: William R. Singleton
County: City of Portsmouth
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Reynolds Metals Company Executive Office Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1958
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft (with SOM), Charles F. Gillette (Landscape architect)
County: Henrico
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Magnolia Grange Plantation
City: Chesterfield
Date: 1823
Architect: William Winfree
County: Chesterfield
Mary Washington House
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1770
Architect: unknown
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Washington Heritage Museums