Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicinity, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: Between 1880 and 1883 the Pullman Palace Car Company built a complete factory and town on the shore of Lake Calumet for the purpose of building railroad rolling stock. It was among America's first planned industrial communities.

Survey number: HAER IL-5

Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000054

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1969 - 1980

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