Lucy the Elephant - Margate City, NJ
N 39° 19.247 W 074° 30.694
18S E 542102 N 4352488
Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped architectural folly constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1882 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, N.J., two miles south of Atlantic City, in an effort to sell real estate and attract tourism.
Waymark Code: WM4486
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2008
Views: 49
This 65-foot elephant gazing thirstily is a HUGE tourist attraction for Margate City. James V. Lafferty, Jr., was responsible for the designing and building of the wooden mega-pachyderm. The Elephant was constructed in 1881 by a Phila. contractor.
I found this on the web. I recommend reading the article after this excerpt:
"A national historic site as well as a unique example of the eccentric architecture of the late Victorian age, Lucy the Elephant is arguably the most beloved tourist attraction in the Atlantic City area. Located in the neighboring town of Margate, the 119-year-old elephant-shaped building has come to the brink of demoliton several times, only to be saved by outpourings of public protest and grass-roots fund-raising fervor." SOURCE