Ashland Plantation
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Ashland (Belle Helene)
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Front of Ashland.
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| Nearest city | Geismar, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°6′30″N 91°0′36″W / 30.10833°N 91.01000°WCoordinates: 30°6′30″N 91°0′36″W / 30.10833°N 91.01000°W |
| Area | 34 acres (14 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 79001050 |
| Added to NRHP | May 4, 1979 |
Ashland Plantation, also known as the Belle Helene or Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation, is an historic building, built in 1841, that was a plantation estate and home of Duncan Farrar Kenner. Located in Darrow, Louisiana, in Ascension Parish. The manor house is an example of antebellum Greek Revival architecture. The plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places May 4, 1979.
The Ashland estate is located southwest of Gonzales on Highway 3251 (Ashland Road) and Louisiana highway 75. The entire property of the estate belongs to and is surrounded by the Shell Chemical, LP, Geismar plant.
By 1830, William Kenner and his brother-in-law Philip Minor consolidated 1,800 acres of land to form a sugar plantation. After William died, his two sons Duncan Kenner and George R. Kenner inherited the property. In 1840 the Kenner brothers acquired the Oakland, Belle Grove, and Pasture Plantations. Kenner was a man of considerable wealth and holdings. He acquired land and property that included not only what was to be named the Ashland Plantation and mansion that he built for his wife, Anne Guillemine Nanine Bringier, but also interests in the Bowden (1858), The Houmas, the 1400-acre Hollywood, the Hermitage (his wife was the granddaughter of Emmanuel Marius Pons Bringier), the Fashion (home of his brother-in-law and partner General Richard Taylor), and Roseland plantations. Kenner was a horseman (with a race track built at Ashland), a lawyer, a gambler, an inventor, and a politician. Property also included leases in the New Basin Canal in New Orleans with Taylor. Kenner helped organize the New Orleans Jockey Club and the New Louisiana Jockey Club.
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