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.
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
City: Danville
Date: 1859
Architect: Major William T. Southerlin
County: Danville
Old First Baptist Church
City: Richmond
Date: 1876
Architect: Thomas U. Walter
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Photo by Crazyale
Martha Washington Inn
City: Abingdon
Date: 1832
Architect: Gen. Francis Preston
County: Washington
Garth Newel Music Center
City: Hot Springs
Date: 1923
Architect: William Sergeant Kendall Christine Herter Kendall
County: Bath
Tuckahoe Plantation
City: Richmond
Date: 1730-40
Architect: Randolph Family
County: Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Miles B Carpenter Folk Art Museum
City: Waverly
Date: 1890
Architect: unknown
County: Sussex
Orkney Springs Hotel, now The Virginia House Shrine Mont Conference Center
City: Orkney Springs
Date: 1853-76
Architect: unknown
County: Shenandoah
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
City: Virginia Beach, Fort Story
Date: 1789-92
Architect: Bricklayer – John McComb
County: Virginia Beach
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Paramount Theater
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1931
Architect: Rapp & Rapp
County: Albemarle
Center for Innovative Technology
City: Herndon
Date: 1989
Architect: Ward Hall Associates and Arquitectonica
County: Fairfax