Good News for Goodman

Actor John Goodman has purchased a home in New Orleans for $1.8 million. Mr. Goodman, known for his role in the television series "Roseanne" and many film appearances, bought the residence from Trent Reznor, 39 years old, founder of the rock group Nine Inch Nails.

Mr. Reznor owned the Garden District home for 10 years, property records show. Mr. Goodman made the purchase through a trust. The two-story house, built in 1850, was listed for $1,975,000. It has four bedrooms, 3½ baths and 5,034 square feet of living space, a pool and two-car garage. Dorian Bennett, of Sotheby's International Realty in New Orleans, had the listing. Mr. Goodman, 53, declined to comment.

The actor already owns a home in New Orleans, a raised-platform-style house originally built in the city's Uptown District in 1832.

The home, which sits on three acres and measures about 10,000 square feet, was moved to its current location on the western edge of New Orleans in 1932, according to the New Orleans Preservation Resource Center. Mr. Goodman and his wife, Annabeth Hartzog, bought the home in 1996, public records show.

Hamptons Aftermath

Four months after one of the most expensive home purchases in Hamptons history, Stewart Rahr, 58, has put his Sagaponack, N.Y., home on the market for $6.995 million. Mr. Rahr -- president and chief executive of closely held Kinray Inc., a New York wholesale pharmaceutical distributor -- paid more than $40 million in January for Burnt Point, an 18,000-square-foot oceanfront estate in East Hampton. The two-story Sagaponack home that he's selling has a gated entrance and ocean views, and measures about 7,000 square feet. It has two fireplaces, a media room, tennis court and pool. Susan Breitenbach, of Alan M. Schneider Associates, has the listing.

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