Pullman's Palace Car Company model town conceived by George M. Pullman to house employees of his new car works on Lake Calumet, south of Chicago.
With buildings designed by Solon Spenser Beman and grounds by Nathan F. Barrett, the much-acclaimed town received its first residents in 1881. The company's ownership of the town, which had been the object of national scrutiny during the 1894 Pullman strike, was short-lived. Ordered in 1898 by the Illinois Supreme Court to sell all its non-industrial properties by 1904, the company negotiated a five-year deferment, beginning to sell town dwellings and other properties in 1907. Residents received the first option to buy and were aided by low prices, minimal down payments, and long-term mortgages.
From the description of Town of Pullman Records, 1876-1919. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 32456902
