Cleveland County Courthouse (North Carolina): Difference between revisions
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{{Infobox NRHP
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Historic Cleveland County Courthouse
| name = Historic Cleveland County Courthouse
| refnum = 79001693{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
| refnum = 79001693{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
}}
The ”’Cleveland County Courthouse”’ is a [[courthouse]] building located at [[Shelby, North Carolina|Shelby]], [[Cleveland County, North Carolina]].
The ”’Cleveland County Courthouse”’ is a [[courthouse]] building located at [[Shelby, North Carolina|Shelby]], [[Cleveland County, North Carolina]].
==History==
==History==
The courthouse was built in 1907, and is a three-story, rectangular, [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival]]-style building sheathed in a smooth [[ashlar]] veneer above a rusticated first floor. It features tetrastyle [[Corinthian order]] [[portico]]es at each of the four entrances and a three-stage [[cupola]] atop the flat roof.
The courthouse was built in 1907, and is a three-story, rectangular, [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival]]-style building sheathed in a smooth [[ashlar]] veneer above a rusticated first floor. It features tetrastyle [[Corinthian order]] [[portico]]es at each of the four entrances and a three-stage [[cupola]] atop the flat roof.
In 1916, [[Thomas Dixon, Jr.]], the author of ”[[The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan]]”, planned to erect a statue of his uncle [[Leroy McAfee]] on the courthouse square.{{cite news|title=Cleveland Cullings|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/73935871/?terms=%22Leroy%2BMcAfee%22|accessdate=September 28, 2016|work=The Gastonia Gazette|location=Gastonia, North Carolina|date=September 22, 1916|page=7|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration |quote=The announcement that Thomas Dixon will erect a monument on the Shelby court square to the memory of Col. Leroy McAfee is hailed with delight.}}{{cite news|title=Cleveland County Is Resenting Dixon’s Plan|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/76347713/?terms=%22Leroy%2BMcAfee%22|accessdate=September 28, 2016|work=The Charlotte Observer|date=October 29, 1916|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration |quote=Whether or no Thomas Dixon suspected that such a project would meet with spirited opposition all over his home county and as a piece of news, become circulated widely by newspapers of the South, is another matter but if Mr Dixon wants to stir up things and keep his name before the public to better advertise his productive “The Fall of a Nation”, he could not have selected anything more timely. Mr Dixon proposed to erect this monument to Colonel McAfee in Shelby, the county seat of Cleveland County, where “Tommy” was “brought up” and to include a Ku Klux masque.}} The project was initially met with enthusiasm, until it was announced that Dixon wanted McAfee to wear a [[Ku Klux Klan]] mask in the statue.
In 1916, [[Thomas Dixon, Jr.]], the author of ”[[The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan]]”, planned to erect a statue of his uncle [[Leroy McAfee]] on the courthouse square.{{cite news|title=Cleveland Cullings|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/73935871/?terms=%22Leroy%2BMcAfee%22|accessdate=September 28, 2016|work=The Gastonia Gazette|location=Gastonia, North Carolina|date=September 22, 1916|page=7|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration |quote=The announcement that Thomas Dixon will erect a monument on the Shelby court square to the memory of Col. Leroy McAfee is hailed with delight.}}{{cite news|title=Cleveland County Is Resenting Dixon’s Plan|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/76347713/?terms=%22Leroy%2BMcAfee%22|accessdate=September 28, 2016|work=The Charlotte Observer|date=October 29, 1916|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration |quote=Whether or no Thomas Dixon suspected that such a project would meet with spirited opposition all over his home county and as a piece of news, become circulated widely by newspapers of the South, is another matter but if Mr Dixon wants to stir up things and keep his name before the public to better advertise his productive “The Fall of a Nation”, he could not have selected anything more timely. Mr Dixon proposed to erect this monument to Colonel McAfee in Shelby, the county seat of Cleveland County, where “Tommy” was “brought up” and to include a Ku Klux masque.}} The project was initially met with enthusiasm, until it was announced that Dixon wanted McAfee to wear a [[Ku Klux Klan]] mask in the statue.
==External links==
==External links==
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