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.
Polegreen Church
City: Mechanicsville
Date: 1743
Architect: Samuel Morris
County: Hanover
Farmers Bank of Virginia
City: Petersburg
Date: 1817
Architect: unknown
County: Petersburg
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Gunston Hall
City: Lorton
Date: 1755-59
Architect: William Buckland and William Bernard Sears
County: Fairfax
The Homestead Hotel
City: Hot Springs
Date: 1766, 1901-1902
Architect: Warren and Wetmore, Cincinnati, OH
County: Bath
Coffee Pot Building
City: Lexington
Date: 1959
Architect: Kenneth Willis
County: Rockbridge
Image Credit: Roadside America
Scottsville Elementary School Addition
City: Scottsville
Date: 1984
Architect: VMDO Architects
County: Albemarle
Fredericksburg Courthouse
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1814-16
Architect: James Renwick, Jr.
County: Fredericksburg
Ball Sellers House
City: Arlington
Date: 1750
Architect: John Ball
County: Arlington
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
City: Danville
Date: 1859
Architect: Major William T. Southerlin
County: Danville
LumenHAUS, Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Date: 2009
Architect: Center for Design Research, Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design, CAUS
County: Montgomery