Administration-Clock Tower Building

Built in 1880, the Administration Clock Tower Building formed the central mass of a monumental structure seven hundred feet long. As the manufacturing center of Pullman, the Administration and Factory Complex was an unusually ornate industrial building designed to sit in a park-like setting.

Arcade Park

Designed by Nathan Barrett, Arcade Park was a formal garden for residents to use for leisure in the Pullaman Company Town. 

• Arcade Park is an oval shaped garden with a trees that encircle the outer edge, a concrete side walk that goes all around the park, a brick laid center, and a curated garden in the center.

Greenstone Church (Greenstone United Methodist Church)

Greenstone Church was built in 1882 as part of the original plans for the Pullman company town. The church was designed by Solon Beman and features a unique facade of green stone quarried in Pennsylvani and seats 600.

• Greenstone Church facade is covered in green serpentine stone. Its main features are a large rose stain glass window on its front and tall green steeple that is mean to rise above the residential roofs in the neighborhood.

Historic Pullman Foundation Pullman Exhibit Hall

Visit the Historic Pullman Shared Visitor Information Center located at Cottage Grove and 112th Street. Volunteers and partners from the Historic Pullman Foundation are on-hand to answer questions and provide suggestions on how to enjoy your visit to the monument. There are informational displays, artifacts and an introductory film available.

• A one story concrete building. It is covered in ivy on it's east and west sides and sports a colorful mural dedicated to the workers and the neighborhood on its north side. The south side of the building has an entrance into the space.

Historic Pullman Wheelworks

The Pullman Wheelworks was built in 1918 as a manufacturing facility for the Packard Open Body Shop for assembling Packard Automobiles. The facilities were built by the Pullman Company in contract with Packard from 1919 to 1923. 

• Pullman Wheelworks overtakes the corner of 104th and S. Maryland Ave. It is three stories tall except for its central tower right on the corner that reaches above to five stories. Its facade is covered in brick and has large windows all the way around for out facing unit.

Historic Pullman Workers' Homes

The homes built in the original 1880's Pullman Company Town were made in various sizes and designed to accommodate workers of all levels. The homes were rented out to residents by the company and boasted having unique amenities such as indoor plumbing (flush toilets), well ventilated and lighted rooms, and for executive homes steam heating. 

• A variety of brick American Queen Anne row homes exist in Pullman. Most of them have front and backyards with a mix of preservation and restoration efforts throughout the neighborhood.

Hotel Florence

The Hotel Florence is a former hotel located in the Pullman Historic District on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois. It was built in 1881 to a design by architect Solon Spencer Beman.

• Hotel Florence is a four-stour, red brick Victorian styled building. Its distinctive features include a painted green, wood wrap around porch and stain glass windows with images of nature. The Hotel's Annex is also four-story tall darker red brick building. It does not have the outer architectural details of its original wing.

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Area

The Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Area heralded a new era of trade and travel for the nation during the mid-1800s through the early 1900s. It was the economic engine that poised Illinois to become the most populous inland American state by opening trade in the region and in America’s heartland.

Illinois: Pullman National Historical Park

Pullman National Historical Park is located in Chicago and was established in 2015. Built in 1880, Pullman was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. In 1995, the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, located at Pullman, was founded to commemorate both the life of A. Philip Randolph and the role of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and other African Americans in the U.S. labor movement.

Market Hall

Market Hall was built with the original Pullman town in the early 1880's. Its first design had two floors containing a lunch counter, sixteen stalls for the sale of fresh meats and vegetables, and a meeting hall. In 1892 it was destroyed by fire, but soon after a second version of the Market Hall was built in 1893. The new design was three stories high and colonnade apartment were built around the building. 

• Market Hall is currently an outer shell of the original historic brick building. Its outer archways around the building remain. Surrounding the Market Hall are crescent shaped colonnade apartments.

National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum

The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum (NAPPRM) was founded in 1995 by Dr. Lynn Hughes. The museum is named Asa Philip Randolph and Pullman Porters, the men who made up the membership of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) union.

• The museum is operating inside one of the historic brick three-story apartment buildings. On the north side of the building, a large printed photo of the Brotherhood of Sleep Car Porters union members decorates the building wall.

Pullman Firehouse

The Firehouse was built in 1894 in a Romanesque style. It is the last firehouse in Chicago with a hose-drying watch tower. The tower was used to survey the area for any signs of fire nearby.

• A two story red brick building with a tall tower towards its rear. It sits independently from other buildings nearby with empty lots flanking its surroundings on 108th street and Champlain Avenue.

Pullman House Project

Visitors will be welcomed into several Pullman residences decorated for the period and will also meet Pullman families in the places they called home.

• The Welcome Center for the Pullman House Project stands on the corner of East 111th Street and South St. Lawarence Avenue. Its main entrance faces East 111th Street with wooden covered porch and stairs that lead up to its historic front door. The building is three stories tall and sits adjacent from the Hotel Florence Annex, a five-story tall brick building.

Administration Clock Tower Building Visitor Center

• Administration Clock Tower Building Visitor Center
• Start your visit at the Administration Clock Tower Building Visitor Center located at the corner of 111th street and Cottage Grove Ave. Park staff and volunteers are on-hand to answer questions and provide suggestions on how to enjoy your visit to the National Historical Park. Informational displays and artifacts available.

• Take a Pullman Ranger-Guided Tour
• Park Ranger Tours

• Visit the National Park Service Pullman Visitor Center
• The Pullman company became known for creating luxurious train cars, but its workers would help form a lasting legacy through their stories.Start at the Pullman National Historical Park Visitor Center in the Administration-Clock Tower Building to learn more.

• Visit the Historic Pullman Foundation Pullman Exhibit Hall
• Visit the Historic Pullman Exhibit Hall located at Cottage Grove and 112th Street. Volunteers and partners from the Historic Pullman Foundation are on-hand to answer questions and provide suggestions on how to enjoy your visit to the Historical Park. There are informational displays, artifacts and an introductory film available.

• Take a Self-Guided Tour of Pullman
• Our partner, the Historic Pullman Foundation, offers a free self-guided walking/driving tour pamphlet. It is available at the Pullman Exhibit Hall and the Administration-Clock Tower Building. The Pullman Exhibit Hall also has a brochure box with the tour map available at its entrance door on the outside of the building.

• Become a Pullman Junior Ranger
• Become a Junior Ranger at Pullman National Historical Park

• Explore the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
• This important museum details the struggle of African Americans in the Pullman Company to obtain representation and rights, and the role of A. Philip Randolph, chief organizer of what eventually became the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

• View the Hotel Florence
• The Hotel Florence is a former hotel, designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman as part of the planned industrial community of Pullman. Although the building, owned by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is currently closed to the public, visitors are encouraged to walk the Victorian verandah and peer in the windows.

Promenade in Pullman

One of the features that went into the design of the 1880s historic Pullman town was that everything you needed was within walking distance. You can explore everything the Historical Park has to offer on foot.