This story features a wealthy miser who lived frugally despite her wealth, about a dozen cats that lived with her in a dingy apartment, an ottoman stuffed with cash, and a few cows that made the Goelet family one of the richest landowners in midtown Manhattan in the 19th and early 20th century.
Posts Tagged ‘Peter Goelet’
1905: The Wealthy Miser Who Hoarded Money and Cats in a Midtown Tenement
Posted: 8th March 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cows and Cattle StoriesTags: Almy Townsend, Cats of Old New York, Maria Kull, New York City History, Peter Goelet, Robert Goelet, William Kull
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1879: The Peter Goelet Mansion and the Last Cow to Graze on Broadway
Posted: 2nd December 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal StoriesTags: 890 Broadway, Cornelius T. Williams, Elbridge T. Gerry, Goelet mansion, Hannah G. Gerry, New York History, Old New York, Peter Goelet
“The extraordinary spectacle of a cow, storks, guinea-pigs, and other animals, feeding quietly in the busiest and most bustling part of Broadway, was one that attracted every stranger’s curiosity, and during the fine days in Summer it was no uncommon thing to see a considerable crowd gathered in front of the house gazing through the iron railing at the unwonted sight within.” — The New York Times, November 22, 1879
