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Alfred Lee Loomis

Wall Street financier; physicist; private laboratory host and researcher

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Stories featuring Alfred Lee Loomis

Historical article

When the Lowcountry Became America’s Private Hunting Preserve

By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the South Carolina Lowcountry had quietly transformed into one of America’s most exclusive sporting landscapes.

Historical article

Alfred Lee Loomis Wall Street Tycoon, Physicist and Hilton Head Owner

Alfred Lee Loomis Wall Street Tycoon, Physicist and Hilton Head Owner Alfred Lee Loomis and his brother-in-law, Landon K.

Life and connections

1931
In 1931, Alfred Lee Loomis and Landon K. Thorne purchased 22,000 acres on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
In 1931, Alfred Lee Loomis and Landon K. Thorne purchased 22,000 acres of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and established it as a private preserve for riding, boating, fishing, and hunting, with the old Honey Horn Plantation as the centerpiece.
From the story: Alfred Lee Loomis Wall Street Tycoon, Physicist and Hilton Head Owner
1950
In 1950, Alfred Lee Loomis and Landon K. Thorne sold Honey Horn Plantation and Hilton Head Island acreage to the Hilton Head Company
In 1950, Alfred Lee Loomis and Landon K. Thorne sold Honey Horn Plantation and the remaining portion of the property they had bought for $6 an acre to a group of lumber associates from Hinesville, Georgia, called the Hilton Head Company; the article states the sale price was $560 an acre.
From the story: Alfred Lee Loomis Wall Street Tycoon, Physicist and Hilton Head Owner