Babbitt House Table Book

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Foundation for Senior Living (FSL) is a private non-profit organization dedicated to serving seniors adults with disabilities and their families in the community and in their own homes. Since 1974 FSL has provided elder care programs services and facilities designed to be flexible support individual circumstances and promote self-reliance and independence. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The mission of FSL is to provide home- and community-based services and develop energy-efficient affordable housing to promote health independence and dignity for all. FSL programs are designed to meet the social health psychological and spiritual needs of all seniors without discrimination. A Board of Directors of community members governs the Foundation.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>After exploring many different solutions for what to do with the house (historic society Babbitt family Riordan Museum preservation) FSL decided to raze the house. </span>The FSL wanted to make this coffee table book as a way to commemorate the historical house. </p><p><br></p><p>When 28-year-old David William Babbitt stepped off the train at the Flagstaff depot along with his younger brother William on Wednesday April 7 1886 we have to wonder if he had any inkling of just how much he and his family would influence the growth and development of the Flagstaff area in the coming decades and beyond.</p><p>David Babbitt is seen as Northern Arizona's quintessential entrepreneur. The Babbitt family has made many contributions to Flagstaff the state of Arizona and the surrounding states.</p><p>This book will provide an overview of information about the history of Flagstaff the Babbitt family and examples of the design of the Babbitt House where David Babbitt and his family lived.</p><p>The contributions of the Babbitt family to Flagstaff and Arizona are more than a house. It is a legacy of  entrepreneurship that will always be remembered. The Babbitt House could not be saved but we will     always thank David and William Babbitt for getting off that train in Flagstaff Arizona on April 7 1886. </p><p> </p>