{"nrhp_refnum":"80002812","name":"Webbley","other_names":["O. Max Gardener House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"403 S. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shelby","county":"Cleveland County","state":"NC","lat":35.28730281900005,"lon":-81.53866387299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Webbley, also called the O. Max Gardner House, is a two-story frame Colonial Revival residence at 403 South Washington Street in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built about 1852 as an Italianate house and enlarged in 1907.","why_significant":"The house was the home of O. Max Gardner (1882-1947), a leading North Carolina political figure who served as governor from 1929 to 1933 and later held national posts under Roosevelt and Truman. It is also described as one of the most striking examples of Colonial Revival architecture in western North Carolina.","narrative":"Webbley, at 403 South Washington Street in Shelby, is a two-story frame house on a deep, tree-shaded lot with a semi-circular boxwood-lined drive. Attorney Augustus Burton had the original dwelling built about 1852. In 1907 J. A. Anthony enlarged it into its present Colonial Revival form, with a full-height portico of fluted Ionic columns, a roof deck balustrade and a center-hall interior with carved mantels. Judge James L. Webb bought the house in 1911, and it took the name Webbley. His son-in-law, O. Max Gardner, lived there during most of his political career. Gardner served as state senator, lieutenant governor and governor from 1929 to 1933, promoting a live-at-home farm program during the Depression. He later chaired a wartime advisory board under Roosevelt and served as Treasury undersecretary under Truman. The house is recognized for its association with Gardner and as a fully developed Colonial Revival design.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination; condition checked as altered and original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.760908-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/7196/47719668/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002812.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002812/6b8d40430c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002812/6b8d40430c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Webbley_(O._Max_Gardner_House)_-_Shelby,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Webbley_(O._Max_Gardner_House)_-_Shelby,_NC.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000963","name":"Central Shelby Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/central-shelby-historic-district-boundary-increase-02000963/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719668","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webbley","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159188"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cleveland-county/webbley-80002812/"}