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Art enthusiasts take a Step Back in Time

See larger A peek inside a bathroom inside the Williams-Packard House, restored by landscape architect and preservationist Chris Busk.

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A peek inside a bathroom inside the Williams-Packard House, restored by landscape architect and preservationist Chris Busk.

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  • A couple walks under a wooden trellis covered in branches, making their way to Palm Vista, Sunday, Feb. 20 during Step Back in Time, a fundraising event for the Center of the Arts, where participants had the opportunity to tour historic homes in Bonita Springs.
  • An outside view of Palm Vista, part of Step Back in Time, a historic home tour, on Sunday, Feb. 20, put on to benefit the Center for the Arts, as part of its series Affairs for the Arts. The home belongs to Shelly Anderson and was originally built in 1940.
  • Chris Busk, a landscape architect and Bonita Springs preservationist, stands at the bottom of the stairwell in the Williams-Packard house while giving a tour Sunday, Feb. 20 for Step Back in Time.
  • The ceiling of one of the upstairs bedroom in the Williams-Packard house gives the feel of the original architecture of homes in the Bonita Springs area. The house was part of Step Back in Time, a tour of historic homes in the area that benefits the Center for the Arts.
  • Landscape architect and preservationist Chris Busk gives a tour of one of the homes he moved and restored, the Williams-Packard house, originally built in 1915, on Sunday, Feb. 20, during a fundraising event for the Center for the Arts, called Step Back in Time.
  • Marilyn Lightner of Bonita Springs admires the landscaping outside the Williams-Packard House, Sunday, Feb. 20, during the Center for the Arts fundraising event, Step Back in Time.
  • The front view of the Williams-Packard House, which was part of Step Back in Time, a walking tour of historic homes in Bonita Springs put on by the Center for the Arts fundraising series, Affairs for the Arts. The home, originally built in 1915, moved from its original location next to Bonita Springs Elementary School, and was restored by landscape architect and preservationist Chris Busk.
  • A peek inside a bathroom inside the Williams-Packard House, restored by landscape architect and preservationist Chris Busk.
  • Shelly Anderson tells visitors about the multiple levels in her historic home, Palm Vista, during Step Back in Time, part of the Affairs for the Arts fundraising series of events that benefit the Center for the Arts.
  • A cozy nook on the front porch of Palm Vista was one of the first things visitors saw as they entered the historic home, originally built in 1940. Owner Shelly Anderson has lived in the house for 21 years.
  • Sharon Potvin and Katherine Tooman have a bite to eat at Survey Cafe in Bonita Springs, the last stop Sunday, Feb. 20, during Step Back in Time, a tour of historic homes benefiting the Center for the Arts.
  • A restored 1940s home is the home of Survey Cafe, owned by Ben and Lori Nelson, and the last stop on a historic tour of homes in Bonita Springs, Sunday, Feb. 20.
  • A look inside the restored 1940s home, turned cafe, right off Old 41 Road, in Bonita Springs. Survey Cafe was the last stop on the walking tour Sunday, Feb. 20, Step Back in Time, as part of the Affairs for the Arts series of events benefiting the Center for the Arts.
  • Participants in the Affairs for the Arts series, Step Back in Time, enjoyed refreshments at their last stop on the walking tour, Sunday, Feb. 20, at Survey Cafe, owned by Mayor Ben Nelson and his wife, Lori Nelson.
  • A little fountain area adds to the ambience at Survey Cafe, out on the deck, where guests from Step Back in Time ended their day of touring historic homes in the area to benefit the Center for the Arts, as part of the Affairs for the Arts series of fundraising events.
  • After touring two historic homes that have been refurbished, visitors enjoyed refreshments on the deck at their last stop on the walking tour, Sunday, Feb. 20, at Survey Cafe, which sits in a refurbished 1940s house.

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