Commissioned by E.V. Babcock of Pittsburg and built by Cassius M. Carrier who was a "timber scout" who bought worked-out turpentine pines in Punta Gorda first for the Carrier, Babcock & McLean Co. which became the Babcock Carrier Co. and eventually the Babcock Florida Co. which owned and operated the Crescent 'B' Ranch. (currently the Babcock self-sufficient neighborhood).
The house was designed by H.R. Stamm, architect for the redesign of the Hotel Punta Gorda to create the Hotel Charlotte Harbor for Barron Collier. The same builder of the Hotel Charlotte Harbor, C.W. Byers built the Babcock House
In 1926 Carrier received a quit claim deed for this Sullivan Street lot and built what has become known as the Babcock House. The Babcock family used it as their winter vacationing townhouse for many years. The only Italianate-designed structure in Punta Gorda shows multiple tall, narrow windows and an unusual floor plan. The building houses the Yoga Sanctuary today.
