New-York tribune., 1879-11-24
OBITUARY
PETER GOELET.


Peter Goclct. who died on Friday at his
wciI-tnown residence at Broadway and Ninet'enth-'
was one OF the wealihe,t, and ~ sOme respect" Que "
the c-i remarkable, OF the old citizens of Ne"-i"N
lie was IN his cigltcth year. aud through '' 'oN NV
had DEVOTED his lime 30 the porsonal care o' h's P"P
erty which, consisting almost cnurciy oil real estate
lac mad seen steady increasing IN value, uDii al 'ne
time Of his death worth from hitce" 10 t"o"s
millions of dollars. III. recrcatons consis'ed III VOTE
ing at forge which he had established In tue DaSe'"
of his house, where he manufactured various so'S u
machinery bar particularly locks OF curious III" '
cate p,tcrns aud ia the care Of large Aviary con'"
inc br.ht plunaeed fowls aud birds from all parts
oi the world In warm weather some Of these were u
he seen IN the grounds surrounding the Goeet mnn"n
and attracted the attention OF all who passed through
he ba,y pa TT Of the city In which the mansion S'n
Peter Goelet was descended from sturdy race Inc
founder oi the family IN America was Johh "oo''" "
French Hugucnot no fed France after the reVoca-
ZION OF tue Edict OF Nantes and reached New-iofK i
1897 He married in l7ls daughter OF John O1nno" m
who WAS a merchant IN this city early as 1898 Inc
foundation of the large fortune OF ne d"eiet i"nn5 va"
laid by Peter GOcle who for many years carrleu on III"
hard business with Peter Curtenlus at thc sEn
NJ the Golden Key No. 4s Hanover-square, new Nos
ll3 and Is Pearst. The firm was dissolved In I'oo
ana Peter Goeet continued the business alone; hS au-
yersements in the Journals OF that day show that ne
included in his trade everything made OF ine'
adapted to household use, from Huiiet 10 cooAns
stoye His business increased rapidly, ana hs
goods were IN great demand IN all parts o the co'ohy
Mr. Goeets accumulaons were judciousIy invested j."
real e.ttr upon his death ne beGueatned To hs soh
what IN those tines was considered large fortune
This SON aso named Peter added greatly 10 the Tor
tune which be inherited by purchasing real estate IN
accordance the advice oi his lawyer Peter De VII"
Upon mis- datn he ieit chidren-Peer, The subject
of tae present sketch; Robert, ".o ui.u on %
2o a.l IN hc scyeuy-sNtn year OF MS age MIS- oelIl
tn widow oi CommOdofc Gerry, VINO perl-nel a. IsW
Ike her hrorer Peter, remained unmarried ahh ".2
lived with her orOther Mrt Gerry aso v,'i inuoa y ~
Gerry. was ms acknO~ed-ed favorie. .s
ness buying those parts of tue ci} Were IN NeIy
few wears there demand for lois Tor the ere' to
~ bosrs of tne ii ie-t class. IL an lnvarable rue
with nm never sell piece OF land whlch one. cam
INTO possession; he leases the i"hd ktntrxS -. -,
! second and thlrd term upon valuation. lac 'hy
piece Of real property which was known 10 nave s-e
out his hands was that on winch te HrAnd M MCen.nu
! d. pot stands refused all negotiations wi Coumv
Vanderbilt, Tor its sale and the iateI i.oA
LeQi-lature II sad tuat Mr. Goeet never uly Tor
gave i6r Commodore Tor 'hi' 1c" rs ie-s's n a."
well known III the I"u 's,ato u n''5"r ~
| those OF the Astors Irnuy Church ana Onluhibii
College. Mr.. Goe.et thoroughly understood tie N"uc o
money wa. ec"uuin!r"l VIZ @ 49, u - ' IT, ,r,,
ne uosrcd get the value OF All he rNl ended ne "'S
- ',, u' ,t,,.b ,,n, .'ir about h., nv business
nr almost invaIi.py walkco used The stages. lie wds
during ne war he took sp.ca Iter,s in one OF the
y w-Yor1 cWents. cNpcn1n- money ittiF 10 I'NtN'
ah,d aud of tue families ct thos Who W rr hilcp. lie
took much interest n assisting MIS- n"pie" Mt Terry
/ IA cai.rc. .uc law library Ot great Ndle
4 real estate urticr auA .hct"Nfti ''iih
Zee. ulF tuat amnug tnc pieces oi ann w-'rA D" r.
f,,ue.c n4 belonging tO flc GUcirt tsitte wctr iAf
..r.u, RUM uu fuu tlr Windsor Hotel % inc l.frt
i'ye-. inclrang tno Lana wnicn lhe hotel it.ef
sand, fine ,cg on tie oss side OF Fourth ave, be-
| rv,su Iwrnly-Iourfh and twenty nith--ts; oiher
piec. on Fouilh-tyc.. between Nnetreuth ana I've
letu-ts; 30, land ai Broadway and Iveunet
R4udoipA's bookstore SANDS and Largo part oi ue
I'D, Lor Tay1''s csao lshncnt 10 ais conn rs.i
gr,at aea of valuable property in the lower part oi
ie city, as vel. uumDcrOi large buildings on lhhN-
ave. There ul. oi attriupt e 10 g. .alul "I
the estate one knew, xccpt tlc owu oi what Il
! consisted.
! af Sf. Marks Cnurcl.