HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY-BUILDING AND STRUCTURES - Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Geisinger House

Oct 24, 2026

Historic Resources Inventory entry documents the Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Geisinger House at 125 Stevenson Road, New Haven (Westville), within a .61-acre parcel near the Yale golf course. The property is recorded as residential, single-family, modernist-Wrightian with construction dated 1964 and a one-story, T-shaped brick form. Detailed inventories cover accessibility, exterior and structural condition (excellent to good), materials and roof types, surrounding environment, and landscaping that supports privacy. Architectural importance notes a custom Wrightian modernist idiom and integration of indoor-outdoor flow.

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HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY-BUILDING AND STRUCTURES Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, One Constitution Plaza, 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103 * Note: Please attach any additional or expanded information on a separate sheet. GENERAL INFORMATION Building Name (Common) Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Geisinger House Building Name (Historic) Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Geisinger House Street Address or Location 125 Stevenson Road Town/City New Haven Village Westville County New Haven Owner(s) Snow, Sandra L. Public Private PROPERTY INFORMATION Present Use: Residential -Single Family Historic Use: Residential -Single Family Accessibility to public: Exterior visible from public road? Yes No Interior accessible? Yes No If yes, explain Style of building Modernist-Wrightian Date of Construction 1964 Material(s) (Indicate use or location when appropriate): Clapboard Asbestos Siding Fieldstone Board & Batten Concrete (Type ) Structural System ✔ Wood Frame Post & Beam Other ✔ ✔ Brick Wood Shingle Asphalt Siding Stucco Cobblestone Aluminum Siding Cut Stone ( Type ) ✔ Other Wood Balloon ✔ Load bearing masonry ✔ Structural iron or steel Roof (Type) Gable Gambrel (Material) ✔ Wood Shingle ✔ Built up Flat Mansard Shed ✔ Hip Roll Asphalt Tile Monitor Sawtooth Round Other Tin Slate ✔ Other Asphalt Shingle Number of Stories: one Approximate Dimensions 32' x 75', 18' x 98' Structural Condition: ✔ Excellent Good Fair Deteriorated Exterior Condition: ✔ Excellent Good Fair Deteriorated Location Integrity: On original site Moved When? Alterations? Yes No If yes, explain: FOR OFFICE USE: Town \# Site \# UTM District: S NR If NR, Specify: Actual Potential PROPERTY INFORMATION (CONT’D) Related outbuildings or landscape features: Barn Shed Garage Carriage House Shop ✔ Garden ✔ Other landscape features or buildings: Carport, Patio, Driveway paving Surrounding Environment: ✔ Open land Woodland ✔ Residential Commercial Industrial Rural High building density Scattered buildings visible from site • Interrelationship of building and surroundings: The house is located on the north side of Stevenson Road, a curving street of suburban-style ranch and split-level homes dating from the post WW II period. The .61-acre parcel is larger than average for the area. It occupies a prime hill-top site and at the rear (north) side, it abuts a wooded buffer area belonging to the Yale golf course (the Course at Yale), affording an unusual degree of privacy and access to a natual environment. • Other notable features of building or site (Interior and/or Exterior) The house is sited at the top of a rise. A driveway leads up a slight rise to a paved court. The house is a T-shaped brick structure with long low hipped roofs defining the volumes. At the right an open car port has a southward roof extension of the main block floating above a brick screen wall. The main mass of the building, behind the court, is oriented southwest to northeast, roughly parallel to the street, and consists of a long one-story volume with hipped roof. The pale pinkish brick walls have several vertical slit window openings and the entry is a glazed area near the inside corner formed with the car port wing. There are are two massive battered brick chimneys at the north and east sides, projecting above the roof planes. There is a wing extending north from the east end of the main volume, toward the rear, which steps down along the slope of the land. The lower level has battered brick walls carrying a wood and stucco main level and balcony. A porch and patio are extensions of the space into the garden on the north side. Architect Julius Hoechel, Engineer-Vincent C. Amore design Builder Mrs. Ruth Geisinger • Historical or Architectural importance: One of the last areas of New Haven to be developed, Stevenson Road and Kohary Drive form a

FAQs

Where is the Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Geisinger House located?

It is located at 125 Stevenson Road, New Haven, Village of Westville, County of New Haven.

When was the house constructed and what is its present use?

The documented date of construction is 1964, and the present use is residential, single-family.

What architectural style and features make the property significant?

The house is described as modernist-Wrightian, emphasizing horizontality through dominant hipped roof forms, deep eave overhangs, sprawling one-story layout, massive brickwork, and integrated front court/carport with rear patio and garden privacy.

Oct 24, 2026

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