Murphree Hall was built in 1939, completing the dormitory complex of the Northwest sector of the early campus. During the Second World War, Murphree Hall housed training soldiers. After World War II, families of veteran who were enrolled at UF on the GI Bill were housed here until the development of the Flavet Villages. The football team was also housed here for a period. The building continued the dormitory concept of individual entrances with stairways leading to suites of rooms, in contrast to the later plan of spine hallways. Murphree was named for UF’s second president Albert A. Murphree.

Architect: Rudolph Weaver
Contractor: H. S. Baird, Inc.
Building Name: For albert A. Murphree (1870-1927), second president of the University of Florida