1879: The Peter Goelet Mansion and the Last Cow to Graze on Broadway » Goelet Mansion

Peter Goelet Mansion, Broadway and 19th Street, 1870s

People often gathered along the old iron fence of the Goelet mansion on Broadway to gape at the storks, peacocks, hens, and cow grazing in the small yard, which by the 1870s was surrounded by large department stores.

Peter Goelet Mansion, Broadway and 19th Street, 1870s