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Lucy the Elephant Timeline
1881 – Lucy is built
May 1884- The “Light of Asia” is built
1884 – “Elephantine Colossus” is built
1887- Lucy is sold
Sept 1896 - Elephantine Colossus burns
1898 – Creator James Lafferty dies
1900 – “Light of Asia” is torn down
1902 – Lucy is used as a home
1903 – Lucy is damaged in a hurricane
1916 – Owner John Gertzen dies and President Wilson visits
1929 – Howdah torn from Lucy
1944 – Lucy survives another hurricane
1963 – Owner Sophia Gertzen dies
1969 – Founding of The Margate Civic Association
1970 – Lucy is moved
1971 – Lucy applies for the National Register of Historic Places
1974 – Lucy is opened to the public again
1976 – Lucy is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places
1980 – Restoration of interior planned
2000 – Lucy’s fully restored and the interior is opened
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