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Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center

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Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center
Phone:
+1 773-785-8901

Hours:
Sunday9am - 5pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am - 3pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday9am - 5pm


Pullman National Monument, also known as The Pullman District and Pullman Historic District, is located in Chicago and was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. The district is significant for its historical origins in the Pullman Company, one of the most famous company towns in the United States, and scene of the violent 1894 Pullman strike. It was built for George Pullman as a place to produce the famous Pullman sleeping cars.Originally built beyond the Chicago city limits, it is now in what is the Pullman community area of Chicago, the district includes the Pullman factory and also the Hotel Florence, named after George Pullman's daughter. Also within the district is the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, named for the prominent leader A. Philip Randolph, which recognizes and explores African American labor history. Parts of the site, in recent decades have been owned by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency prior to gifting them to the federal government. Additional grounds remain owned by the state, as The Pullman State Historic Site. The Pullman District, including the national mounument, state historic site, and private homes is east of Cottage Grove Avenue, from East 103rd St. to East 115th St. It was named a Chicago Landmark district on October 16, 1972. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1969 and declared a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970.Preservationists had hoped to extend the district to include Schlitz Row, but the taverns located there have been demolished. The district was named a National Monument on February 19, 2015, making it a component of the National Park System. In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, Pullman was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component and was recognized by USA Today Travel magazine, as one of AIA Illinois' selections for Illinois 25 Must See Places.
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