company town of Pullman, Illinois

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company town historic district planned industrial community

The company town of Pullman, Illinois was a planned industrial community on Chicago’s South Side built in the 1880s to house workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company, later becoming famous for labor unrest and the 1894 Pullman Strike.

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company town of Pullman, Illinois canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf company town ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
planned industrial community ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1969 ⓘ
architect Solon Spencer Beman ⓘ
architecturalStyle Queen Anne style ⓘ
Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form: Romanesque Revival

Victorian architecture ⓘ
builtFor workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1880s ⓘ
developedBy Pullman Palace Car Company ⓘ
foundedBy George Pullman ⓘ
hasCurrentUse heritage tourism site ⓘ
residential neighborhood ⓘ
hasEconomicModel paternalistic company town ⓘ
hasMainIndustry railroad car manufacturing ⓘ
hasPart Arcade Building ⓘ
Hotel Florence ⓘ
Pullman Clock Tower ⓘ
surface form: Pullman Clock Tower and Administration Building

Pullman factory ⓘ
churches ⓘ
executive housing ⓘ
parks ⓘ
schools ⓘ
shopping facilities ⓘ
worker housing ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Historical Park ⓘ
inception 1880 ⓘ
integratedInto City of Chicago ⓘ
integratedIntoDate annexed to Chicago in 1889 ⓘ
knownFor Pullman Strike ⓘ
surface form: Pullman Strike of 1894

labor unrest ⓘ
model industrial town planning ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOn South Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago’s South Side
namedAfter George Pullman ⓘ
nationalHistoricalParkDesignationDate 2021 ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1970 ⓘ
ownedBy Pullman Palace Car Company ⓘ
partOf Pullman National Monument ⓘ
surface form: Pullman National Historical Park
populationPeakApproximate about 12,000 residents ⓘ
recognizedAs U.S. National Historic Landmark District ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Landmark District
rentControlledBy Pullman Palace Car Company ⓘ
significantEvent Pullman Strike ⓘ
federal intervention in 1894 Pullman Strike ⓘ
urbanPlanner Solon Spencer Beman ⓘ
utilitiesControlledBy Pullman Palace Car Company ⓘ

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Pullman Palace Car Company → knownFor → company town of Pullman, Illinois ⓘ