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Webbley

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Webbley
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Location403 S. Washington St., Shelby, North Carolina
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Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built1852 (1852), 1907
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.80002812[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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.

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