Haggard Hall and the Laurels were originally part of the Ashley Barony. In 1717, Ashley Barony was sold to William Wragg, and the plantation was subdivided under the Wragg family’s ownership. William Haggatt purchased a 1300 acre tract in 1770, naming his plantation “Haggatt Hall,” which later morphed into Haggard Hall. After Haggatt’s death, the property was subdivided into smaller tracts, and Thomas Waring purchased a 230 acre section in 1779. Waring’s section was named “the Laurels,” and it functioned as a large farm throughout the first half of the 19th century. Little is known about the property’s use throughout the second half of the 19th century, but it was developed as a seasonal residence by Simons Vanderhorst Waring in the 1930s. Waring adapted the plantation to be reminiscent of the idealized colonial and antebellum plantation houses alongside the Ashley River. His family owned the property through 1968. The present-day site features a 1935 Colonial Revival structure known as the Laurels House and a Craftsman-style caretaker’s house from the same period. An early 20th-century dirt road connects the Laurels House to the Ashley River Road and includes a long allee of dogwood trees.