Lucy the Elephant

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Lucy the Elephant is a six-story, elephant-shaped novelty building and roadside attraction in Margate City, New Jersey, recognized as a National Historic Landmark.

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Lucy the Elephant canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novelty architecture building ⓘ
roadside attraction ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1971 ⓘ
architecturalStyle novelty architecture ⓘ
builtBy James V. Lafferty Jr. ⓘ
builtFor real estate promotion ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Atlantic County, New Jersey ⓘ
Novelty buildings in the United States ⓘ
Roadside attractions in New Jersey ⓘ
city Margate City ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1881 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedAs elephant-shaped building ⓘ
developer James V. Lafferty Jr. ⓘ
hasFeature howdah on back used as observation area ⓘ
interior staircase ⓘ
windows in the eyes ⓘ
hasFunction observation deck ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
hasNickname Lucy ⓘ
height approximately 65 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1976 ⓘ
inspired Coney Island Elephant Hotel ⓘ
Elephantine Colossus at Coney Island ⓘ
isOldestSurviving roadside novelty architecture example in the United States ⓘ
roadside tourist attraction in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic County, New Jersey ⓘ
Margate City, New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
United States ⓘ
material tin sheeting ⓘ
wood ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 71000497 ⓘ
NRHPType National Historic Landmark ⓘ
numberOfStories 6 ⓘ
offersGuidedTours true ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operatedBy Save Lucy Committee, Inc. ⓘ
originalPurpose real estate office ⓘ
owner Save Lucy Committee, Inc. ⓘ
shape elephant ⓘ
state New Jersey ⓘ
underwentMajorRestoration 1969–1970 ⓘ
2000 ⓘ
2021–2022 ⓘ
yearCompleted 1881 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margate City, New Jersey → knownFor → Lucy the Elephant ⓘ
Margate City, New Jersey → tourismAttraction → Lucy the Elephant ⓘ
Margate City → knownFor → Lucy the Elephant ⓘ
Margate City → hasAttraction → Lucy the Elephant ⓘ
Margate City → hasHistoricStructure → Lucy the Elephant ⓘ