Martin Murphy House
| Martin Murphy House | |
|---|---|
| Bay View, or Home Of Martin Murphy Jr. | |
Postcard of the Martin Murphy Jr. Homestead | |
| Location | 252 North Sunnyvale Avenue, Sunnyvale, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37°22′56″N 122°1′33″W / 37.38222°N 122.02583°W |
| Founder | Martin Murphy Jr. |
| Built | 1850 |
| Original use | Home |
| Demolished | 1961 |
| Website | Preview warning: No official website (P856) found in wikidata. Nothing will be displayed. |
| Official name | Home of Martin Murphy Jr. |
| Designated | May 22, 1960 |
| Reference no. | 644 |
Location in Santa Clara County | |
The Martin Murphy House, or Bay View (1850–1961) was a historic home in Santa Clara County, California. It was the residence and farm of Martin Murphy Jr., who journeyed to California with his family in 1844, as part of the first wagon train to cross the Sierra Nevada. As the founder of Sunnyvale, Murphy constructed a prefabricated lumber house in the area, which had been transported around Cape Horn in 1849. It was the first frame house in the area. The Murphy family maintained their residency in the house until 1953 when the city of Sunnyvale took ownership of the property. In 1961, a fire destroyed the house. The California Historical Landmark #644 marks the location of the former Murphy's residence at Murphy Park in Sunnyvale, California.