Pullman National Historical Park — Attraction in Hyde Park Township

This is a nice National Historical Park. I went here and was satisfied with my experience. This site commemorates the Pullman porters, who were black men in the 1800s that worked in Pullman railroads. This site is where the factory that built Pullman railroad cars as well as the planned town around it was. The town is still here, and part of the factory is preserved as the monument visitor center. The visitor center has some nice exhibits about the Pullman porters, Pullman rail cars, and the planned community that was built here. The visitor center is in a small park with some parking, and just across the street from the park is the neighborhood of Pullman that was built around the factory. It has several historic brick homes which are now private residences and an abandoned hotel that is undergoing redevelopment to reopen. This area was designated as a National Monument in 2016, so there is still some work being done on it. The visitor center is in the center of what used to be a rail works building. The north wing is empty and a part of the south wing was demolished, so only a crumbling portion of it is left. I gave this National Historical Park five stars because it has nice exhibits about the Pullman porters, factory, and town of Pullman. Since this is a new site, there’s just a visitor center and a couple of preserved buildings, but it’s still pretty nice. It’s also located right next to a commuter rail line that runs to...

This is a very historic neighborhood in Chicago. Pulls was a business man who built his own town according to his ideas for people to run his rail car factories. It had everything, schools, shopping, fire stations, heated homes, everything needed. He had behavior expectations for his employees, gave them an education, too care of them as well as he could. It's from the late 1800's! A lot of the original buildings still stand and they are working hard to restore them. At one point the entire neighborhood was set to be torn down until the residents stuff up and daughter to save it, working hard to restore it. First it became a state park... It is now a national park. It was awesome walking through the neighborhood, it was so advanced for it's time, they are doing a great job restoring it and I can't wait to go back in a couple years when they have the hotel restored and move the visitor center into it. Great park, it's a historical treasure for sure. One man trying to change the world...

The exhibit in the visitor center walks you through the formation of the company and provides you with a detailed explanation of the workers strike that crumpled the company and the prestige that was associated with the Pullman name.

The government found the company had violated labor laws and classified it as a monopoly. A judgment was given to the Pullman company that directed them to sell all their land holding properties. This strike is also one of the many reasons why we have Labor Day as a federal holiday.

For most of us today, we recognize the name Pullman from the hardworking African American that worked as porters on the luxury train line.

The museum is outside of the downtown city limits of Chicago. So if you drive, there is plenty of free parking. Taking a rideshare service? Be prepared to pay a...