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.
Weston Manor
City: Hopewell
Date: 1789
Architect: William and Christian Eppes Gilliam
County: Hopewell
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Virginia Museum of the Civil War/ Hall of Valor
City: New Market
Date: 1969
Architect: William Ward Moseley, Moseley Architects
County: Shenandoah
Rosewell *ruin
City: Gloucester
Date: 1725-1744
Architect: Mann Page
County: Gloucester
Jefferson Hotel
City: Richmond
Date: 1895
Architect: Carrere and Hastings
County: City of Richmond
Duke Hall School of Art & Art History Renovation, James Madison University
City: Harrisonburg
Date: 2013
Architect: Clark Nexsen – Architect of Record; GUND Partnership – Design Architect
County: Rockingham
Alexander Black House and Cultural Center
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1897/2013
Architect: Alexander Black/ Restoration by Glavé & Holmes
County: Montgomery
Egyptian Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1845
Architect: Thomas Stewart
County: City of Richmond
Manor House at Smith’s Fort
City: Surry
Date: 1751 to 1765
Architect: unknown
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Wren Building, College of William and Mary
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1695-1702
Architect: Sir Christopher Wren
County: James City
St. Bede Catholic Church
City: Williamsburg
Date: 2002
Architect: Tom Kerns, Kerns Group Architects, P.C.
County: James City
Image Credit: Prakash Patel
Old Coast Guard Station
City: Virginia Beach
Date: 1903
Architect: George R. Tolman
County: Virginia Beach