Lucy the Elephant
Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped wood frame and tin clad building, constructed in 1882 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey.Photo: Dtcdthingy, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: six-story elephant-shaped building in New Jersey, United States
- Address: 9200 Atlantic Avenue, Margate City, NJ 08402
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Redeemer.
Church of the Redeemer
Church
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Church of the Redeemer, built in 1908, was a historic church located at 20th and Atlantic Avenues in the borough of Longport in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. Church of the Redeemer is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Lucy the Elephant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margate and Seaview Harbor.
Margate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Margate, officially Margate City, is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Margate is on Absecon Island, a few miles west of Atlantic City. It borders Ventnor City to the east, and Longport to the west.
Seaview Harbor
Hamlet
Photo: Hurricanehink, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seaview Harbor is a harbor and an unincorporated community located within Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Ventnor City
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ventnor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Ventnor is on the center of Absecon Island. This island consists of Ventnor, Margate, Longport and Atlantic City.
Lucy the Elephant
- Categories: monument, building, and tourism
- Location: City of Margate City, Atlantic County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.32084° or 39° 19′ 15″ northLongitude
-74.51159° or 74° 30′ 42″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Inception
1882Height
65 feet (20 metres)Open location code
87F78FCQ+89OpenStreetMap ID
way 1352096419OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1873754
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Lucy the Elephant” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大象露絲”
- Chinese: “大象露西”
- Chinese: “露西大象”
- Finnish: “Lucy the Elephant”
- French: “Lucy the Elephant”
- German: “Elefantenhotel”
- German: “Elephant Bazaar”
- German: “Lucy (Bauwerk)”
- German: “Lucy”
- Japanese: “象のルーシー”
- Portuguese: “Lucy o elefante”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Margate City Fire Department Station 1 and Congo Falls Adventure Golf.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Ventura’s Greenhouse and Margate City Beach Patrol.
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