Pullman National Historical Park
Illinois
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.1 h fully dark
Crowds
low
Open today
Open
Entrance
Free entry
Road Construction Near the Park
There is road construction near the park visitor center along 111th St. and S. Cottage Avenue. Please use caution and allow extra travel time when visiting. Construction is expected to last through the fall. In addition, on occasion the vehicle entrance for parking at 610 E. 111th street is limited to one lane.
In a growing Chicago neighborhood, diverse people and stories intertwined. All were seeking opportunity. Some succeeded. Others were limited—by race, gender, or economic status. Their stories came together in Pullman, a planned industrial community famed for its urban design and architecture.
Activities
Topics
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
Pullman National Historical Park is a living, historic neighborhood composed of primarily private residences. Due to it being an active neighborhood just as in any other urban area, visitors are free to explore whenever they feel comfortable. The Administration Clock Tower Building Visitor Center is open to the public.
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 773 928-7257
✉ pull_visitorinfo@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec
Typical crowds: low
Weather now: ⛅ Partly cloudy, 77°F
🌦️ 79°/69°
☁️ 86°/68°
⛅ 90°/71°
Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
40%
Feb
39%
Mar
57%
Apr
70%
May
93%
Jun
99%
Jul
100%
Aug
93%
Sep
64%
Oct
62%
Nov
40%
Dec
35%
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Things to do
Explore the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
Take a Self-Guided Tour of Pullman
Visit the Friends of Pullman National Historical Park Pullman Exhibit Hall
Take a Pullman Ranger-Guided Tour · Tours typically last 45 min to 1 hour. Call <span style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;">(773) 928-7257</span> for information.
Visit the National Park Service Pullman Visitor Center
Become a Pullman Junior Ranger
View the Hotel Florence
Visitor centers
Administration Clock Tower Building Visitor Center
Accessibility
12 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Pullman National Historical Park — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Pullman National Historical Park — each spans a cross-park journey.
A. Philip Randolph
— Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, LaborAbraham Hall
— Black Homesteaders Project, Nicodemus, HomesteaderDiane Judith Nash (b. 1938)
— Black Womanhood Series, Women's History, Civil Rights HistoryGeorge M. Pullman
— Labor Movement, Industry, LaborJennie Curtis
— Pullman People, Pullman Company, Women's HistoryOscar Micheaux
— Homesteader, Black Homesteaders Project, African American HistoryRosina Corrothers Tucker
— Women's History, African American History, Civil Rights MovementPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Administration Clock Tower Building Visitor Center
🎫 Administration-Clock Tower Building
🎫 Friends of Pullman National Historical Park Pullman Exhibit Hall
🎫 National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
🎫 Pullman House Project
Places to see
Administration-Clock Tower Building
audio
Arcade Park
audio
Friends of Pullman National Historical Park Pullman Exhibit Hall
audio
Greenstone Church (Greenstone United Methodist Church)
audio
Historic Pullman Wheelworks
audio
Historic Pullman Workers' Homes
audio
Hotel Florence
audio
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Area
audio
Illinois: Pullman National Historical Park
Market Hall
audio
National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
audio
Pullman Firehouse
audioAudio & media
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Learn more
The primary duty of the Community Volunteers Ambassadors is to encourage local residents, particularly young people, to volunteer for climate-resilience-related projects in the park.
When is the last time you passed a vacant lot in Chicago? And did you imagine it could become a garden, a grocery store, or a library? Students from Edgar Allan Poe Classical School and Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy put their minds to imagining the potential of what one of the approximately 13,000 vacant lots in Chicago could become for their communities.
Fact or Fiction…? The workers at Pullman Palace Car Company were paid in script instead of cash and were only allowed to purchase products and services within the Pullman town in the 19th century.
Route 66 and the National Park Service have always had an important historical connection. Route 66 was known as the great road west and after World War II families on vacation took to the road in great numbers to visit the many National Park Service sites in the Southwest and beyond. That connection remains very alive and present today. Take a trip down Route 66 and Find Your Park today!
Most stories of the World Wars tend to swirl around tales of sacrifice, bravery, and heroism in combat, but they also tell a story about broad changes to workers’ rights and labor’s relationship to both employers and the government. For the Pullman company, World Wars I and II demonstrate the company’s complex—indeed, at times, paradoxical—relationship with the U.S. administrative state.
Not offered in Summer 2025
While Yoga poses are often tied with things we see in nature, they can also emulate our built environment. These Pullman yoga poses encourage us to take a moment to pause and think about the structures we see around in a historic urban environment and the intentions behind them.
The history of the dining car and how it affected the Pullman Company.
How Pullman National Historical Park connects
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