Place to see: Lucy the Margate Elephant, Margate City, New Jersey, United States
Lucy the Elephant
One of the most famous Jersey Shore attractions, Lucy the Elephant. She stands 65 feet tall and stares majestically out across the Atlantic Ocean.
About this place:
Lucy is a very unique piece of architectural history from the Victorian era. At times she served as a hotel, tavern, and now a national landmark. She was the brainchild of James Lafferty, a real estate speculator, who commisioned the 65 foot pachyderm to be built. He had hoped it would lure people to the properties he hoped to sell along the coast. Construction was done in 1881 by a Philadelphia contractor for the sum of 25,000 dollars. Lucy is located at 9200 Atlantic Avenue, Margate, NJ.
Margate City, New Jersey, US
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Discovered by Gary Moyer
on 20 May 2008.
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