The Pullman State Historic Site - The Factory Complex
11111 South Forrestville Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628
Historic Sites
The Pullman State Historic Site’s Factory Complex showcases the original industrial buildings where Pullman railcars were built, offering insight into America’s labor history, innovation, and the model company town. Illinois 250
The site preserves surviving portions of the industrial complex developed in the early 1880s by George M. Pullman to build luxury railroad passenger cars. The plant was the centerpiece of a company-owned town planned under Pullman's direction.
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