Erected during the centennial
year by Gardner -Webb
University in Honored Memory
of the School's Founders,
Supporters, and Early Educators
buried in the Boiling Springs
Baptist Church Cemetery — — Map (db m159836) HM
Dedicated in 1925 honoring those from Cleveland and Rutherford Counties who died in military service during World War One, 1914-1918. Ira Alberto Crabtree William Norwood Huggins Copher Mead Ewing Dedicated in 1943 by the Gardner-Webb . . . — — Map (db m237878) HM WM
Originally constructed as a General Store, this building served as a U. S. Post Office beginning in the 1930's and has been used for a variety of purposes since then. According to local residents, W. J. Cash wrote a portion of The Mind of the . . . — — Map (db m237795) HM
North Carolina. Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled C. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776.
South Carolina. Formed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered . . . — — Map (db m252523) HM
Established about 1785, Cleveland County's oldest and most historic church cemetery contains remains of the earliest settlers from nearby communities and their descendants. Among those buried here are heroes of the Revolutionary War, the Indian . . . — — Map (db m285815) HM
Established in 1780, Cleveland County's most historic cemetery contains remains of earliest settlers from nearby communities and their descendants, in addition to Revolutionary War and Civil War heroes and a State Senator.
Family names . . . — — Map (db m285818) HM
Tory force led by Col. Ferguson camped nearby Oct. 4-5, 1780. Two days later Ferguson died in major British defeat at Kings Mountain, 5 mi. SE. — — Map (db m49964) HM
In 1876, George Washington Cornwell (1848-1927) purchased land from brothers, William Andrew and Jacob Simri Mauney for the purpose of constructing this house. Originally located at 106 King Street, Kings Mountain, the house consists of a center . . . — — Map (db m259374) HM
Jimmy Wayne was born on October 23, 1972, in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. His early years were troubled, marked by his father abandoning him and his sister, and long periods of homelessness and poverty. He was ultimately able to graduate from . . . — — Map (db m253558) HM
Founder: Emily Pruden, educator and philanthropist from Orange, Connecticut. A co-educational boarding and day school, grades 1-12, for children of African descent. Accredited 1923. Home of Mildred Wellmon Elementary School, a historic Rosenwald . . . — — Map (db m108710) HM
Named by Holly Meltons Class of 2000 at Kings Mountain High School to honor the soldiers who fought nearby during the Revolutionary War. — — Map (db m252540) HM
The Barber House is believed to have been built between 1810 and 1845. During the Federal period of architectural style, the hall and parlor floor plan and symmetric chimneys seen here were common. Robert Barber (1805-1859), son of John Barber of . . . — — Map (db m259378) HM
The cupola top on the gazebo was originally located on top of the former City Hall at 112 South Piedmont Avenue. The building housed City Administration, the Police Department and Fire Department. During the era that City Hall was built, buildings . . . — — Map (db m259369) HM
A place unlike any other on Earth, where ancient landscapes enchant the eye and age-old traditions warm the heart.
You are now in one of America's most cherished and celebrated natural landscapes, the mountains and foothills of Western North . . . — — Map (db m283191) HM
An early settler to Kings Mountain, William Andrew Mauney built a store on this site circa 1870. When Mr. Mauney moved his business to a location in downtown Kings Mountain, he turned the store ninety degrees and added a two story structure to the . . . — — Map (db m17703) HM
Bobby Bell is a Shelby native who played professional football in the AFL/NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs for 12 years. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame, and was a member of the Chiefs' team that won . . . — — Map (db m199338) HM
In honor of the men who served from Cleveland County and in grateful memory, for a grateful people, of these who gave their lives in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
In Memoriam
Korea
Claude Allen
Elmer G. Allen
Arthur Berry, Jr. . . . — — Map (db m23540) WM
Honoring those from Cleveland County, who served in the World War and the following who made the supreme sacrifice
Honor Roll
Harvey N. Allen
Wm. Barrett
E. O. Cabaniss
John Carver
Calvin Cook
Ira A. Crabtree
Broadus . . . — — Map (db m23537) HM
In honor of the men and women who served from Cleveland County and in grateful memory, from a grateful people, of these who gave their lives in World War II
Alexander, William B. Asbury, Eugene M. Barber, David H. Barrins, Carl L. . . . — — Map (db m255354) WM
Don Gibson is a Shelby native whose contributions to country music are far reaching. His songs have been recorded by many music legends and span decades. Several of Don's songs have reached number one on the Country Music Charts, and he became a . . . — — Map (db m250919) HM
Born: January 6, 1924 in Shelby, NC
Died: March 28, 2012
Earl Eugene Scruggs, the most influential and imitated banjo player in the world, was born on a forty-acre cotton farm in the little Flint Hill community of Cleveland County on . . . — — Map (db m250925) HM
Earl Scruggs was born and raised a few miles from Shelby, North Carolina in the Flint Hill Community. Best known for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style that became known as "Scruggs style," Scruggs transformed the voice of the banjo . . . — — Map (db m199361) HM
Water Tank History
1899-1943 Water for Lawndale Railroad. Lawndale Junction. Dover Mill.
1943-1993 Water for Boiler House. Cleveland Mills, Lawndale, N.C.
1993-2011 Idle. Cleveland Mills.
9-14-2011 Moved to Metcalfe Station. . . . — — Map (db m256770) HM
Land, original buildings and boxcar given in loving memory of Quincy Hague Metcalfe by the Gene Metcalfe family.
From this site Mr. Q. H. Metcalfe supervised section crews for the Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company, 1899-1943. — — Map (db m23546) HM
Governor, 1929-33; under Secretary of U.S. Treasury; appointed Ambassador to Great Britain, 1946. Birthplace stands here, grave 300 yds. N. — — Map (db m23533) HM
Confederate captain; legislator; member of conventions of 1868, '75; conservative leader in Reconstruction period. His home was 100 ft. S. — — Map (db m23535) HM
Constructed by the U.S. government to serve as the Federal District Court chambers and courtroom for Judge E.Y. Webb, a member of the Shelby Dynasty
and the U.S. Congress.
Upon the death of Judge Webb in 1955, the building served as offices . . . — — Map (db m295665) HM
African Americans, led by local high school students, held sit-ins and picketed businesses in Feb. 1960 to demand desegregation. — — Map (db m196330) HM
The rich music heritage of Cleveland County stems from European and African traditions that include strains of country, bluegrass, blues and gospel. These deeply rooted music traditions resonated from front porches, country stores, textile mills . . . — — Map (db m215397) HM
These grounds are a part of the original 147 acre tract donated by James Love to form the Town of Shelby in 1841. Augustus W. Burton built the original house in 1852; J.A. and Oliver Gardner Anthony overbuilt the 1852 house in 1907. Webbley is named . . . — — Map (db m23543) HM
These Gingko trees are in memory of nine comrades of our church who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II Herbert Branton George L. Dover Grady E. Dover Elvis Hamrick Earl R. Hicks, Jr. Elmer Propst Garnet Tolbert Hassell Wall . . . — — Map (db m215396) WM
