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English: Commemorative plaque at the site of the Martin Murphy Home and Estate. The plaque reads:

Home of Martin Murphy Jr.

Martin Murphy, Jr., arrived in California with his family in 1844 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.

California Registered Historical Landmark No. 644

Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the City of Sunnyvale and the

Sunnyvale Historical Society. May 22, 1960.
This is a photo of a place or building that is listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in the United States. Its reference number is
644.
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Author Harry Cutts
Camera location37° 22′ 56.08″ N, 122° 01′ 34.3″ W  Heading=295° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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