The Pullman Factory Complex: 11035 South Cottage Grove

Instead of locating his factory for building railroad sleeping cars in Chicago, George M. Pullman built a town of his own outside the city limits – the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. The center and figurative heart of the town was the main factory building with its distinctive clock tower. In 1998, the factory and adjacent buildings were severely damaged in an arson fire, including the complete loss of the roof...