Lucy the Elephant
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Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped wood frame and tin clad building, constructed in 1881 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey. Lucy was built with the purpose of promoting re
Lucy in 2025
U.S. patent 268,503
HABS image circa 1976
Lucy's interior in 2019
Margate City, New Jersey
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Margate City is a city situated on the Jersey Shore on Absecon Island, within Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, on the Atlantic Ocean shoreline. As of the 2020 United States census, th
Lucy the Elephant
…Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped wood frame and tin clad building, constructed in 1881 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey. Lucy was built with the purpose of promoting real estate sales and attracting tourists to the area. Today, Lucy remains the oldest surviving roadside…
The water tower in Margate City with Lucy the Elephant painted on the side
County Route 563 northbound in Margate City