The Seagoville Community 

In a rural area south-east of Dallas is a small community for treatment of patients who are ill from sensitivities to their environments. They can not function healthy in regular housing. The community has existed for over twenty years and has about twenty housing units. The units vary in size, most are one room with private bath, a few are larger. To make them as safe as possible, the style is very sparse, and uses the safest materials possible. Some are built of concrete blocks, while others are made from steel or aluminum. Some of them are converted camping trailers. The inside walls, floors and ceilings are made from steel plates covered with porcelain. The furniture is generally steel and cotton. The heating and cooling is electric.

There is a communal kitchen shack, away from the houses which cuts down on food odors. For those who are too sensitive to enter the kitchen, there is also an outdoor kitchen. Adjacent to the kitchen is the refrigerator room, with one refrigerator per occupant and several washers and dryers.

People stay here for a few weeks or a few years, but have to be a patient at the Environmental Health Center in Dallas.

building building
inside porcelain trailer shack
all steel house trailers
outside tv two-unit house
Televisions are placed in boxes outside the room, to keep fumes from the electronics out. Two rooms in one building, built on a frame so it can be moved.
frame house trailer park
Bedroom for a patient who is so sensitive to electromagnetic fields, that she can not sleep near the other houses. Area where people can park their trailers while attending the clinic.
kitchen shack outdoor kitchen
Inside of kitchen shack Outdoor kitchen area

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