On March 12, 1941, the United States government purchased 10 acres of land here for a mobile radar installation, completed site preparation the following summer, and began construction under the Army Corps of Engineers. After war was declared in December 1941, work accelerated, and by the following February a radar unit and tower had been installed. Formally designated Radar Site 11, it was one of 26 such facilities established along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Virginia, and it was fully functional by June 1942. At completion, the installation included 14 concrete block structures with living facilities for officers and enlisted men, guard posts, and other buildings needed for operations. Though initially designated as a mobile site, it was one of 10 of the original 26 locations converted to permanent status, with a building later constructed to house radar equipment that had previously been mounted on trailers and trucks for mobility. Equipment upgrades extended detection capability. After the war, the property was declared surplus and sold. Following decades of deterioration, the buildings were in ruin when Carl M. Freeman Communities acquired the property in the 1990s, and all remaining structures were removed except the Pump House, which still stands.