Webbley

	Webbley
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	403 S. Washington St., Shelby, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°17′14″N 81°32′20″W / 35.28722°N 81.53889°W
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	1852, 1907
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	80002812
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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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] 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.

[3] "Webbley". Shelby, North Carolina : A National Register of Historic Places Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved March 30, 2021.

[4] "Inn at Webley is Cleveland County showplace". The Kings Mountain Herald (second ed.). July 17, 1997. p. 6.

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