Camp Murphy barracks now Jupiter Island town hall, 1953
Item
Title
Camp Murphy barracks now Jupiter Island town hall, 1953
Description
Man in front of building at the Jonathan Dickinson State Park, formerly Camp Murphy. Camp Murphy was a top-secret radar training school in 1942. Camp Murphy was located between Stuart and Jupiter in what is now Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Martin County in southeastern Florida, established by the United States Army Signal Corps.
Published in the Stuart News (14 May 1953) with the caption: "City Manager Richard Tuggle stands in front of Murphy Dormitory which has been taken over to serve at least temporarily as the town hall for the new Town of Jupiter Island."
Published in the Stuart News (14 May 1953) with the caption: "City Manager Richard Tuggle stands in front of Murphy Dormitory which has been taken over to serve at least temporarily as the town hall for the new Town of Jupiter Island."
Creator
Source
Scan gift of Historical Society of Martin County.
Publisher
Stuart News (Stuart, Fla.)
Contributor
Rights
No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Black and white print; 4x5 inches
Language
English
Type
Still image
Identifier
HSMC-2023-012-2-b2-009
2023.012
Original Format
Photographic print
Collection
Citation
Arthur Ruhnke (1912-1986), “Camp Murphy barracks now Jupiter Island town hall, 1953,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/1606.