Lucy the Elephant
Margate, New Jersey
Does a 65 foot giant elephant stand firm on a new jersey beach? Final Investigations will find out.
Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped structure, constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1881 by James V. Lafferty.
Lucy was one of three elephant buildings. Inventor James V. Laffery designed three elephants in the late 1800's.
Lucy is the oldest surviving roadside tourist attraction in America
Elephantine Colossus aka Elephant Colossus aka Elephant Hotel in Coney Island, Light of Asia in Cape May, and Lucy the Elephant in Margate. The other two crumbled with time, but Lucy stands tall looking out to sea in Margate.
In 1881, the U.S. Patent Office granted James V. Lafferty a patent giving him the exclusive right to make, use or sell animal-shaped buildings for a duration of seventeen years
Lucy was modeled after "Jumbo the Elephant", a famous elephant with Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth and constructed at a cost of between $25,000 and $38,000
Initially named Elephant Bazaar, the structure stands at 65 feet in height, 60 feet in length, and 18 feet in width and weighs about 90 tons
Lucy is the 11th tallest statue in the country.
Lucy was constructed with nearly one million pieces of wood, and required 200 kegs of nails, 4 tons of bolts and iron bars; 12,000 square feet of tin covers the 8 exterior. There are 22 windows placed throughout the structure
Originally, Lafferty brought potential real estate customers to view parcels of land from Lucy's carriage. The carriage offers unique views of Margate, Atlantic City's skyline, the beach, and the Atlantic Ocean and it serves as an observation deck for modern day visitors during tours
Lucy had many uses over the years. When Lucy was first built, Lafferty used to bring in real estate customers to show them land for sale. The structure was also used as a summer home, a restaurant, and a tavern. The prohibition shut down its use as a tavern.
In 1976, Lucy was designated a National Historic Landmark, during the United States Bicentennial celebration. NRHP reference #71000493
Narrator: Eileen
"Plucky Daisy" and "A Singular Perversion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
©2018 Axis Video
Margate, New Jersey
Does a 65 foot giant elephant stand firm on a new jersey beach? Final Investigations will find out.
Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped structure, constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1881 by James V. Lafferty.
Lucy was one of three elephant buildings. Inventor James V. Laffery designed three elephants in the late 1800's.
Lucy is the oldest surviving roadside tourist attraction in America
Elephantine Colossus aka Elephant Colossus aka Elephant Hotel in Coney Island, Light of Asia in Cape May, and Lucy the Elephant in Margate. The other two crumbled with time, but Lucy stands tall looking out to sea in Margate.
In 1881, the U.S. Patent Office granted James V. Lafferty a patent giving him the exclusive right to make, use or sell animal-shaped buildings for a duration of seventeen years
Lucy was modeled after "Jumbo the Elephant", a famous elephant with Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth and constructed at a cost of between $25,000 and $38,000
Initially named Elephant Bazaar, the structure stands at 65 feet in height, 60 feet in length, and 18 feet in width and weighs about 90 tons
Lucy is the 11th tallest statue in the country.
Lucy was constructed with nearly one million pieces of wood, and required 200 kegs of nails, 4 tons of bolts and iron bars; 12,000 square feet of tin covers the 8 exterior. There are 22 windows placed throughout the structure
Originally, Lafferty brought potential real estate customers to view parcels of land from Lucy's carriage. The carriage offers unique views of Margate, Atlantic City's skyline, the beach, and the Atlantic Ocean and it serves as an observation deck for modern day visitors during tours
Lucy had many uses over the years. When Lucy was first built, Lafferty used to bring in real estate customers to show them land for sale. The structure was also used as a summer home, a restaurant, and a tavern. The prohibition shut down its use as a tavern.
In 1976, Lucy was designated a National Historic Landmark, during the United States Bicentennial celebration. NRHP reference #71000493
Narrator: Eileen
"Plucky Daisy" and "A Singular Perversion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
©2018 Axis Video
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