Editing Lucy the Elephant (section)

====Patenting and construction====

On December 5, 1882, the U.S. Patent Office granted [[James V. Lafferty]] Patent #268503, giving him the exclusive right to make, use or sell an "[[Zoomorphism|animal-shaped]] building" for a duration of seventeen years. Lafferty funded the design and construction of Lucy at South Atlantic City, now called [[Margate City, New Jersey|Margate]]. He employed Philadelphia architects William Free and J. Mason Kirby for the design of this example of [[novelty architecture]] .<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/walkabout-j-mason-kirby-brooklyns-elephant-architect/|title=Walkabout: J. Mason Kirby – Brooklyn's Elephant Architect {{!}} Brownstoner|last=Spellen |first=Suzanne |date=August 13, 2013|work=Brownstoner|access-date=May 29, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Lucy was modeled after [[Jumbo]], the famous elephant with ''[[Barnum and Bailey's|Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth]],'' and constructed at a cost of $25,000 - $38,000.<ref name="Save Lucy" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2017/08/13/jersey-icons-lucy-elephant/525958001/|title=Jersey Icons: Lucy the Elephant|work=North Jersey|access-date=February 1, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name="brownstoner.com">[https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/walkabout-j-mason-kirby-brooklyns-elephant-architect/ Walkabout: J. Mason Kirby – Brooklyn’s Elephant Architect]</ref>

Initially named "''Elephant Bazaar"'', the structure stands at 65 feet (19.7 m) in height, 60 feet (18.3 m) in length, and 18 feet (5.5 m) in width and weighs about 90 tons. It is currently listed as the [[List of the tallest statues in the United States|12th tallest statue]] in the United States. 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 exterior.  There are 22 windows placed throughout the structure.<ref name="Save Lucy">{{cite book|last=McMahon|first=William|title=The Story of Lucy the Elephant|year=1988|publisher=Save Lucy Committee, Inc.|location=Margate, N.J.|pages=40}}</ref>