East Marion-Belvedere Park Historic District

Belvedere Park, a residential district on the east side of Shelby in Cleveland County, North Carolina, was platted in 1921 on land once part of the Adam P. Spake cotton farm. Its curving streets, granite curbing, and tree-lined median reflect the suburban planning ideas of the early twentieth century. Will Lineberger, a Shelby banker, commissioned Charlotte landscape architect Leigh Colyer to lay out the subdivision. Most of the houses were built during the 1920s and 1930s, and the district holds bungalows, Colonial Revival, and Minimal Traditional houses. Several residences were built by local builder R. L. Hendrick. The district is also valued as a rare example in Shelby of a neighborhood that fully followed the new suburban pattern, with large owner-occupied lots on the main avenues and smaller rental lots along Chestnut Street.