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The Pullman State Historic Site - The Factory Complex

11111 South Forrestville Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628

Historic Sites

The site preserves surviving portions of the industrial complex developed in the early 1880s by George M. Pullman to build luxury railroad passenger cars. The plant was the centerpiece of a company-owned town planned under Pullman's direction.

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