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.
Stoneleigh
City: Stanleytown
Date: 1929-31
Architect: Leland McBroom (Tinsley and McBroom
County: Henry
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Mount Vernon
City: Alexandria
Date: 1757-78
Architect: George Washington
County: Fairfax
The Homestead Hotel
City: Hot Springs
Date: 1766, 1901-1902
Architect: Warren and Wetmore, Cincinnati, OH
County: Bath
Gunston Hall
City: Lorton
Date: 1755-59
Architect: William Buckland and William Bernard Sears
County: Fairfax
St. Bede Catholic Church
City: Williamsburg
Date: 2002
Architect: Tom Kerns, Kerns Group Architects, P.C.
County: James City
Image Credit: Prakash Patel
Virginia State Capitol
City: Richmond
Date: 1785-92
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: City of Richmond
Reston Town Center
City: Reston
Date: 1990
Architect: Sasaki and RTKL
County: Fairfax
Exchange Building/ Siege Museum
City: Petersburg
Date: 1839-41
Architect: Mr. Berrien
County: Petersburg
John Marshall House
City: Richmond
Date: 1790
Architect: Mr. Sydnor, Keeling and Smith, W. Goode, W. Duke, and W.B. Lewis
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Endview Plantation
City: Newport News
Date: 1769
Architect: William Harwood
County: Newport News
Polegreen Church
City: Mechanicsville
Date: 1743
Architect: Samuel Morris
County: Hanover
Manor House at Smith’s Fort
City: Surry
Date: 1751 to 1765
Architect: unknown
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia