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.
Ash Lawn-Highland
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1799
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Albemarle
Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial
City: Arlington
Date: 1803
Architect: George Hadfield
County: Arlington
Rotunda, University of Virginia
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1819
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Albemarle
Chatham Manor
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1768-1771
Architect: William Fitzhugh
County: Pittsylvania
Farmers Bank of Virginia
City: Petersburg
Date: 1817
Architect: unknown
County: Petersburg
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Pohick Episcopal Church
City: Lorton
Date: 1772
Architect: George Washington or John Wren
County: Fairfax
Bath Houses at the Warm Springs Pools
City: Warm Springs
Date: 1761
Architect: unknown
County: Bath
Weston Manor
City: Hopewell
Date: 1789
Architect: William and Christian Eppes Gilliam
County: Hopewell
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Manassas Park Elementary School
City: Manassas Park City
Date: 2009
Architect: VMDO Architects
County: Manassas
Christ Church
City: Irvington
Date: 1735
Architect: “Robert “”King”” Carter”
County: Lancaster