He was also a member of the Jekyll Island Club on Jekyll Island, Georgia. His yacht Nahma was designed by George L. Watson and built for him on the River Clyde in 1897. After his death, it was used extensively for summer cruising in European waters by his son, Robert Walton Goelet, who lent the yacht at no cost to the United States Navy. The Navy operated it as USS Nahma (SP-771) from 1917 to 1919, after which it was returned. Marriages and children On April 17, 1879, Goelet married Harriette Louise Warren (1854-1912) in New York City. Harriette was a daughter of George Henry Warren I, a prominent lawyer, and Mary (née Phoenix) Warren (herself the daughter of U.S. Representative Jonas P. Phoenix and granddaughter of Stephen Whitney). Harriet was the sister of stockbroker George Henry Warren II and prominent architects Whitney Warren and Lloyd Warren. The Goelets resided in a townhouse located at 591 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan (designed by Edward H. Kendall in 1880), as well as at seasonal residences in Tuxedo Park, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island (designed by McKim, Mead & White, c. 1882–1883). Together, Harriette and Robert Goelet had two children: Robert Walton Goelet (1880–1941), a financier and real estate developer. Beatrice Goelet (1885–1902), who died of pneumonia in 1902, aged 17. As a child, she was painted by John Singer Sargent. He died of heart disease on April 27, 1899, in Naples, Italy. After his body was transported from Italy by his yacht Nahma, his funeral was held at Trinity Church in Newport. After the funeral, his body was again transported "by special train over the New Haven Road", and was buried in the Goelet Mausoleum, which had been completed only days before, at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. His widow lived for another 13 years until her death in December 1912 at her home in Paris, 46 Avenue d'Iéna. The statue Alma Mater at Columbia University was given in his memory. References External links 1841 births 1899 deaths Goelet family Businesspeople from New York City American real estate businesspeople Members of the New York Yacht Club Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)