Webbley
Webbley | |
U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |
35°17′14″N 81°32′20″W / 35.28722°N 81.53889°W / 35.28722; -81.53889 | |
Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
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Built | 1852 (1852), 1907 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 80002812[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 29, 1980 |
Webbley, also known as the O. Max Gardner House, is a historic home located at Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1852, and overbuilt in 1907 in the Colonial Revival style. It is a two-story frame dwelling with a low-pitched hip roof, flat roof deck, and roof balustrade. It has two hip roof rear ells. The front facade features a full-height, flat-roof portico supported by fluted Ionic order columns.[2] The home acquired its named shortly after it was bought by James L. Webb in 1911.[3] Webbley was the home of Governor Oliver Max Gardner (1882–1947) and his wife, Fay Webb-Gardner, from 1911 until his death.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] The home was vacated in 1981 and vacant until it was purchased in 1989 by Oliver Max Gardner III and renovated. It opened as a bed and breakfast inn in 1993.[4] It is located in the Central Shelby Historic District.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Jerry L. Cross and Michael Southern (July 1980). "Webbley" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ "Webbley". Shelby, North Carolina : A National Register of Historic Places Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ "Inn at Webley is Cleveland County showplace". The Kings Mountain Herald (second ed.). July 17, 1997. p. 6.
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