In June 1920, the State Lodge of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs announced that a home for orphans and the elderly would be built on the 13-acre Beebe Homestead in Safford. Construction started in December from plans drawn by architect William Bray of Tucson at an estimated cost of $60,000. The center portion of the planned larger facility was completed by Gratz Brown of Safford for $38,000, but the additional two wings were never completed. The grand opening was held April 25, 1922. Built in the Tudor Revival style, the structure has concrete foundations, locally burned brick, stone belt courses, stone door and window surrounds, a gable roof with two cross gables at the rear, a front porch with four front and two side arches, a seal at the top pediment, and open oriels with sculpture on the porch sides. For 25 years, the facility served as a home for elderly convalescents and 33 orphans and half orphans, with garden crops, an orchard, and farm animals raised on the grounds. After 1953, the building was used as a meeting and social hall. The City of Safford acquired it and used it as the Safford Public Library from 1963 until 1991, and the upper floor housed the Graham County Historical Society from 1965 until 1999. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. A restoration study was completed in 1993, the Save Old Safford committee was formed, and the Mayor's Historic Restoration Committee began preliminary work in 1995 with an allocated $50,000, followed by city and state grants. Windows were repaired, rain gutters and a storage shed were removed, and in 1997-98 the front porch was taken down, given a new foundation, its original blocks recast, and then replaced, with new railings added and reconstruction of statues of Rebekah at the Well and the Good Samaritan for the porch alcoves begun. Interior restoration began in 2000, the City of Safford moved offices into the facility, some rooms became available for public use, landscaping and outdoor features were improved, and restoration continues.