One of the greatest advantages of visiting the Laura Plantation is that many of its original buildings are still standing, most of them as ruins. While the manor house itself has been carefully restored, other structures speak of the passage of time itself and the toll that nature has taken upon them. This outbuilding, which once housed tools and materials, stands only a few yards from the main structure. Its walls are decaying, the boards broken and etched in moss. This image shows only a small portion of the building, but it serves to represent the condition of the whole. It gives us a more realistic look at the age of the building than a restoration ever could.