Central Shelby Historic District is a national
historic district located at
Shelby,
Cleveland County, North Carolina. It encompasses 229 contributing buildings in the
central business district and surrounding residential areas of Shelby. The district is centered on the
Cleveland County Courthouse (1907) and public square, established in 1841. The district includes representative examples of
Colonial Revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...
and
Bungalow /
American Craftsman architectural styles. The district includes the separately listed courthouse,
Masonic Temple Building, and
Webbley. Other notable buildings include the Webb House, Wells House, Fulenwider-Ebeltoft House, Dr. S. S. Royster House, Bateman House, Washburn Block, city hall and firehouse (1911), Royster Building (1910), First Baptist Church, Ascension Lutheran Church (1932), and Southern Railway Freight Depot (c. 1920).
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1983, with a boundary increase in 2002.
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Photos
Rogers Theater.jpg, Rogers Theater
Shelby City Hall.jpg, Shelby City Hall
Shelby First Baptist Church.jpg, Shelby First Baptist Church
Gardner-Webb Building.jpg, Gardner-Webb Building
File:Hotel Charles, Shelby.jpg, Hotel Charles
References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Cleveland County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland County, North Carolina
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