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peper and Luray. Back then, buses were about the size of V.W. vans.”
The facts and photos of the hotel that Loomis has thus far reccovered are the fruits of a yet unfinished investigation by this obsessed history buff. “There's still a deed from the mid-eighteen hundred’s that I’ve just got to find. I’ve looked everywhere, but nothing."
When he isn’t off searching for lost deeds, Loomis can be found in “The Indoor Yard Sale”, the store he created in a big room off the front porch where he sells finely crafted pieces of early American furniture and woodcraft items.
“When I bought this place, it was a mess, especially the downstairs and the basement,” commented Loomis. “My wife and I were looking for, income property where he could live. It was a lot of work—welding, painting, carpentry—but I been doing that stuff all my life. I used to teach classes in agriculture and shop in Warrenton.”
His teaching days over, Bill Loomis enjoys his roles as shopkeeper and unofficial Sperryville town historian. One of his recent projects in the latter area includes a campaign to get Sperryville inducted into the national and state registries as an historic landmark. With Loomis on the job, it just might happen.
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