Three rail cars built by the Pullman company will also be on display. Homes in the Pullman Historic District in Chicago on April 9, 2020. Tours will also be given on the first floor of the Hotel Florence - named for Pullman’s daughter - which served his business partners and later opened to guests. Obama said the neighborhood “tells rich, layered stories of American opportunity and discrimination, industrial engineering, corporate power and factory workers, new immigrants to this country and formerly enslaved people and their descendants, strikes and collective bargaining.”Īt the newly opened clock tower building, visitors will be told the history of the Pullman company, originally established by industrialist George Pullman, during guided tours. The Pullman neighborhood was made a national monument in 2015 by President Barack Obama in a proclamation that made it part of the National Park Service. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Crews work on a gate to the Pullman National Monument on Aug. “We have a beautiful Visitor Center, newly renovated, and wonderful exhibits that will help us to tell the stories of Pullman, and also help people understand how important Pullman was to the labor rights movement, to railroad transportation and also to the civil rights movement and urban planning.” Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Crews work on a gate to the Pullman National Monument on Aug. “We are very excited to be opening up the clock tower building to the public at last,” said Teri Gage, superintendent of the National Park Service and Pullman National Monument. More information on the weekend’s events can be found on the National Park Service website. Many of the events, including the tours, run 10 a.m.-4 p.m. There will be events honoring the past and ushering in a new chapter for the neighborhood. This weekend, the neighborhood will host the Grand Opening of the Pullman National Monument Visitor Center and Pullman State Historic Site Factory Grounds. Then, the building was in limbo for years.īut now, after years of organizing by community leaders and residents, the landmark has been restored and will once again be open to the public.įor residents, it could mean a new future for Pullman. PULLMAN - The Pullman clock tower was an icon for 117 years - until an arsonist damaged it in 1998.
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