Webbley

Webbley

Webbley

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

Not to be confused with Webley.

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [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. [3]
    "Webbley". Shelby, North Carolina : A National Register of Historic Places Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Inn at Webley is Cleveland County showplace". The Kings Mountain Herald (second ed.). July 17, 1997. p. 6.


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