High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Goelet (September 29, 1841 - April 27, 1899) was a real estate developer in New York City and a director of the Chemical National Bank. He had a house in New York, at 591 Fifth Avenue, and seasonal residences in Tuxedo Park and Newport, Rhode Island. He was a member of exclusive New York Yacht Club, in addition to other fashionable clubs of the time.