Martin Digital History

Moving a chapel, 1947

Item

Title

Moving a chapel, 1947

Description

Army chapel on floating raft, pulled by a tug boat owned by Leonard Brothers Transfer. The Army chapel from Camp Murphy, the abandoned Signal Corps camp at Hobe Sound, was moved in July 1947 to become Stuart's St. Joseph's Church. Published in the Stuart News, 31 July 1947.

Source

Scan gift of Historical Society of Martin County.

Date

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; 10x8 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

HSMC-2023-018-2-b1-046
2023.018

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

Tropical Photo Shop (Stuart, Fla.), “Moving a chapel, 1947,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/2442.