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
The water tower in Margate City with Lucy the Elephant painted on the side
Lucy the Elephant
County Route 563 northbound in Margate City
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
Margate City, New Jersey
…the Atlantic Ocean to the bay at most points in town. Margate is a popular Jersey Shore destination, especially during the summer, and is the home of Lucy the Elephant, a 65-foot (20 m)-tall wooden and metal-clad elephant recognized as America’s Oldest Surviving Roadside Attraction and declared a National Historic…
Lucy in 2025
U.S. patent 268,503
Lucy's interior in 2019