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.
Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial
City: Arlington
Date: 1803
Architect: George Hadfield
County: Arlington
Women In Military Service for America, Arlington National Cemetery
City: Arlington
Date: 1932/1992-97
Architect: William Mitchell Kendall (McKim, Mead and White)/ Michael Manfredi and Marion G. Weiss
County: Arlington
Image Credit: Carol Highsmith
Rice House
City: Richmond
Date: 1962-65
Architect: Richard Neutra with Thaddeus Longstreth
County: Henrico
St. John’s Episcopal Church
City: Richmond
Date: 1740-41
Architect: unknown
County: City of Richmond
Old Norfolk County Courthouse
City: Portsmouth
Date: 1846
Architect: William R. Singleton
County: City of Portsmouth
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Landmark Theatre
City: Richmond
Date: 1927
Architect: Marcellus Wright, Sr. and Charles M. Robinson
County: City of Richmond
Christ Episcopal Church
City: Winchester
Date: 1828
Architect: John Bruce
County: Winchester
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary
City: Alexandria
Date: 1775-92
Architect: unknown
County: City of Alexandria
Agecroft Hall
City: Richmond
Date: 1926-27
Architect: Thomas C. Williams, Jr.
County: City of Richmond
Walter L. Rice Education Building at VCU Rice River Center
City: Charles City
Date: 2009
Architect: Train and Partners Architects
County: Charles City
Designated as the first LEED Platinum building in Virginia.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Conservatory
City: Richmond
Date: 2003
Architect: Glavé & Holmes
County: Henrico
Image Credit: Don Williamson
Shenandoah County Courthouse
City: Woodstock
Date: 1772
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Shenandoah