Camp Murphy Southern Signal Corps School
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The United States Army Signal Corps established Camp Murphy, a top-secret radar training school in 1942. Camp Murphy is located between Stuart and Jupiter in sourtheastern Florida, at coordinates .
[edit] History
The camp included over 1,000 buildings and housed more than 6,000 officers and soldiers. The camp was deactivated in 1944 after less than two years of operation. All but three of the camp buildings have been torn down or removed but some of the building foundations remain. One foundation structure still to be seen is the vault to the First Atlantic Bank that was in the Provost building. This is an intact two-room walk-in vault although the vault doors have been removed. One of the vault doors apparently had to be forced open from inside -- there is a man-sized hole in the roof immediately above the doorway with the concrete re-bar bent inward.
Updates by Don McGlynn, Palm City, Florida, 8/25/2006: In addition, on the western side of the railroad tracks, the remains of the water treatment facility are still visible, although very run down. Throughout the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches, there are still former Camp Murphy buildings in use which were obtained as surplus shortly after the war. Also, the former USO club buildings are still standing in nearby communities of Hobe Sound and Stuart. One of the Jonathan Dickison camping areas is located in the area that was the Camp Hospital. One interesting fact is that local legend "Trapper" Nelson was actually assigned to the base as a member of the military police.
[edit] The State Park
The property was transferred to the State of Florida in 1947 and opened as the Jonathan Dickinson State Park in 1950. The actual name of the bank was Atlantic National Bank ````olelj
