Italian Village

The Seabrook community was comprised of numerous housing developments, many of which were reminiscent of barracks. Owned and leased by the company, these dwellings served as home to many workers and families through hot summers and cold winters. The name given to the first houses that Seabrook built and rented to his employees, “The Italian Village,” reflects the labor force’s ethnic makeup at the time. Although the photo was originally dated to 1909, Seabrook Farms was not yet in existence at that point. But the photo can be dated prior to 1934, since the freezing plant that would come to shadow these homes does not appear in the picture