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11/11/08 El Nido - Spanish for 'rest' - is a bungalow in Shelby that was built in 1921. The contents of the house are to be sold at public auction on Nov 22. Evelyn Ray Gibbs spent a lifetime in the family home and before her death last year at age 92, she had given the Spanish bungalow to Preservation North Carolina. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 Shelby Mayor and director of Preservation N.C looks through books in the den at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby built in 1921. Above the fireplace hangs the Gibbs family crest . The contents of the house are to be sold at public auction on Nov 22. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 A small desk and artwork in the second floor bedroom at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby that built in 1921. The contents of the house are to be sold at public auction on Nov 22. Evelyn Ray Gibbs spent a lifetime in the family home and before her death last year at age 92,she gave the Spanish bungalow to Preservation North Carolina. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 This photo shows archway pillars holding up the front porch at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby that was built in 1921. The contents of the house are to be sold at public auction on Nov 22. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 The downstairs bathroom at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby that built in 1921. The contents of the house are to be sold at public auction on Nov 22. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 The upstairs bedroom at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby that built in 1921 ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 A whimsical decanter and kitchen ware that will be auctioned at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby that was built in 1921. The contents of the house are to be sold at public auction on Nov 22. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 The Gibbs family crest hangs above the fireplace on the main floor at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby. The contents of the house are to be sold at public auction on Nov 22. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 This photo shows Shelby Mayor and director of Preservation N.C at the archway pillars on the front porch at El Nido. Evelyn Ray Gibbs spent a lifetime in the home and before her death last year at age 92, she gave the bungalow to Preservation North Carolina. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 Statuettes that will be auctioned at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby that built in 1921. Evelyn Ray Gibbs spent a lifetime in the family home - before her death last year at age 92, she gave the Spanish bungalow to Preservation North Carolina. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 A archway that leads to the garage and second floor bedroom at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow built in Shelby in 1921. The contents of the house are to be sold at public auction on Nov 22. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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11/11/08 Cactus' growing on the front lawn at El Nido, a Spanish bungalow in Shelby that was built in 1921. Evelyn Ray Gibbs spent a lifetime in the family home named - before her death last year at age 92, she gave the Spanish bungalow to Preservation North Carolina. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
