Loveridge Plantation

Loveridge Plantation

Loveridge Plantation was a quail hunting plantation located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States and established by George H. Love.

Loveridge began as convert|1000|acre|km2 on the northwest corner of Lake Miccosukee. In 1956, Love acquired an additional convert|10500|acre|km2 of Sunny Hill Plantation (northern section in map) from the estate of New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge. [Paisley, Clifton, "From Cotton To Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967", University of Florida Press, 1968. p. 92. ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-0718-2]

George H. Love was a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was Chairman of the Board of the M.A. Hanna Company and succeeded George M. Humphrey when he became United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1953.

Love had been Chairman of the Board of Consolidation Coal Company, America's largest coal company. After reviving the coal industry, Love became Chairman of the Board of the Chrysler Corporation.

Adjacent plantations:
*Norias Plantation to the north
*Foshalee Plantation to the west
*Welaunee Plantation to the southwest
*Ring Oak Plantation to the south

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