His wife, Mary Wilson Goelet, oversaw the operation of Ochre Court during a typical eight-week summer season.

[1] Richard Morris Hunt designed Ochre Court, modelling the mansion on the chateaux of France's Loire Valley.

The design is in the Louis XIII-style of architecture, with high roofs, turrets, tall chimneys and elaborate dormers.

Elaborate decoration is seen inside and out in classical-style ceiling paintings, heraldry, carved emblems and statues, and a profusion of stained glass.

Their son, Robert Goelet IV, was a businessman with an interest in American railroads, hotels and real estate.