A Day at the Pullman National Monument

Spend your day with GSC and IGS on the grounds of this newly established National Monument on Saturday, May 19 beginning at 9 a.m.

In 1881, George M. Pullman built the Nation's first planned industrial community  with housing, parks, civic spaces, commercial buildings, and an industrial complex all designed to provide a pleasant working and living environment for his workers.  The industry here involved the construction of railroad cars including the famous Pullman Palace Car Company luxury passenger coaches.  In 1894, the location was the site of an infamous labor strike.  In 2015, Pullman was designated a U.S. National Monument overseen by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

 Itinerary: 

 9:00 – 9:15 a.m.   A welcome to the Monument by National Park and Pullman Foundation staff.

 9:15  - 9:35 a.m.  Introductory video with a historical overview of the town and the community today.

 9:35 – 11:45  a.m.  Docent-led walking tour of the town including Greenstone Church.

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.  Lunch (on your own, cash only) at Cal-Harbor Restaurant & Lounge just 3 blocks south of the Visitor Center.

1:45 – 2:30 p.m.  Meet at the Visitor Center for a short walk to the Florence Hotel.  Although the hotel is currently under renovation, we may have either a short talk about the hotel's importance to the community and its exterior facade or we will get a tour of the hotel's first floor interior, if completed.

2:45 – 4:00 p.m.  National A. Phillip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum within the Pullman National Monument District.  Admission is $5 per person, on your own.  The facility is named after the men who made up the membership of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) union, the first African-American labor union in the country to win a collective bargaining agreement with a major U.S. corporation.  A 26-minute film is included with admission.

Participants are responsible for all meals and transportation costs. Admission  is included, except where noted.  The price of this tour is $30 per person. 

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