CO B ▁ 3 4 , ▁Fol io ▁ 4 2 5 , ▁As c ension ▁Par ish ). ▁The ▁purchase ▁price ▁ex cluded ▁the ▁furn iture ▁and ▁contents ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁house , ▁the ▁store , ▁and ▁the ▁sugar , ▁mol ass es , ▁and ▁rice ▁cro ps ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁( CO B ▁ 3 4 , ▁ 4 2 5 , ▁As c ension ▁Par ish ). ▁O us set ▁sold ▁the ▁property ▁to ▁George ▁B alth azar ▁Re uss ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁later ▁for ▁$ 7 5 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 . ▁George ▁ ▁renamed ▁the ▁plant ation ▁Belle ▁Hel ene ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁his ▁infant ▁daughter , ▁Hel ene ▁Ele an or ▁Re uss . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 7 - 9 8 ▁plant ing ▁year ▁Belle ▁Hel ene ▁was ▁the ▁second - best ▁sugar - produ cing ▁farm ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁Hel ene ▁Re uss ▁became ▁Mrs . ▁W . C . ▁Hay ward , ▁Sr . ▁( She ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁her ▁great - a unt , ▁Hel ena ▁Lot z .) ▁From ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁the ▁m ansion ▁was ▁un occup ied ▁and ▁un att ended , ▁but ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁the ▁Hay ward ▁family ▁began ▁a ▁major ▁rest oration . ▁By ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁the ▁grounds ▁were ▁empty ▁again ▁and ▁subject ▁to ▁v andal ism . ▁ ▁Records ▁indicate