7/12/2014
Landmark information
- Location:
Martin Murphy Park, crnr N Sunnyvale and California Aves, Sunnyvale - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
7/14/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/12/2014 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 22.925, W 122 1.574
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Home of Martin Murphy, Jr.
Martin Murphy, Jr., arrived in California with his family in the first wagon train to cross the Sierra Nevada. The founder of Sunnyvale, he constructed here his house of pre-fabricated lumber, brought around the Horn in 1849. Members of the Murphy family lived here continuously until 1953, when the property was acquired by the city of Sunnyvale.