Pullman District

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Pullman Historic District
nhld=yes
nhd=yes
designated_other1_name= Chicago Landmark
designated_other1_date= October 16 1972
designated_other1_abbr= CL
designated_other1_link= Chicago Landmark
designated_other1_color= #aaccff
designated_nhd = October 08, 1969
designated_nhld = December 30, 1970cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=817&ResourceType=District
title=Pullman Historic District |accessdate=2007-10-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
locmapin = Illinois


caption =
location= Chicago, IL
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 41
lat_seconds = 50
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 36
long_seconds = 34
long_direction = W
area =
built =1880
architect= Barrett,Nathan F.; Beman,Solon Spencer
architecture= Queen Anne, Gothic Revival
governing_body = Local
refnum=69000054 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Pullman District, as it has been designated on the list of Chicago Landmarks, or Pullman Historic District, as it has been designated on the National Register of Historic Places, was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States.cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/P/PullmanDistrict.html|title=Pullman District|publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division|date=2003|accessdate=2007-05-11] The district is significant for its historical origins in the Pullman Company, one of the most famous company towns in the United States, and scene of the violent 1894 Pullman strike. It was built for George Pullman in an area that was then beyond the City of Chicago, Illinois city limits as a place to produce the famous Pullman sleeping car. The district includes the Pullman factory and the Hotel Florence, once operated by Pullman's daughter, now run by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.fact|date=May 2008 The area is east of Cottage Grove Avenue, from East 103rd St. to East 115th St.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/69000054.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pullman Historic District] |440 KB|date=February 24, 1970 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/69000054.pdf Accompanying photos from 1970 and historic images.] |6.54 MB] It is located in what is now the Pullman community area of Chicago. It was named a Chicago Landmark district on October 16 1972. ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 08, 1969 and declared a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970.

Preservationists had hoped to extend the district to include Schlitz Row, but the Taverns located there have been demolished. [cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CTRB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F88FCDFE2ED81F7&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=AA98CDC331574F0ABEAFF732B33DC0B2|title= The city that wrecks - Developers and the city continue to raze potential landmarks with assembly-line efficiency. A proposed amendment may slow the process, but won't stop it|accessdate=2008-05-23|date=2003-01-14|publisher=Newsbank|work=Chicago Tribune|author=Reardon, Patrick T. and Blair Kamin]

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External links

* [http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_ATTACH/Community_Areas_PULLMAN.pdf Official City of Chicago Pullman Community Map]
* [http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/pullman_site.htm Pullman Site, at Illinois Historic Preservation Agency]