District in 1970 by the Secretary of the Interior for 
its significance to American labor history, social his-
tory, architecture, urban planning, and the events 
that took place at Pullman were pivotal in creating 
the world’s first national Labor Day holiday. 
(2) The Historic Pullman District, built be-
tween the years of 1880 and 1884, was established 
by George M. Pullman, owner of the Pullman Palace 
Car Company. Pullman envisioned an industrial 
town that provided employees with a model commu-
nity and suitable living conditions for workers and 
their families. The town, which consisted of over 
1,000 buildings and homes, was awarded ‘‘The 
World’s Most Perfect Town’’ at the International 
Hygienic and Pharmaceutical Exposition in 1896. 
(3) The Pullman factory site is a true symbol 
of the historic American struggle to achieve fair 
labor practices for the working class, with the origi-
nal factory serving as the catalyst for the first in-
dustry-wide strike in the United States. In the midst 
of economic depression in 1894, Pullman factory 
workers initiated a strike to protest unsafe condi-
tions and reductions in pay that, when taken up as 
a cause by the American Railway Union (ARU), 
crippled the entire rail industry. The strike contin-
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ued even in the face of a Federal injunction and a 
showdown between laborers and Federal troops that 
turned violent and deadly. But the strike also set a 
national example for the ability of working Ameri-
cans to change the existing system in favor of more 
just practices for protecting workers rights and safe-
ty. 
(4) The Pullman community was the site of the 
famous 1894 Pullman labor strike. Following the 
deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the 
U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during that strike, 
the United States Congress unanimously voted to 
approve rush legislation that created a national 
Labor Day holiday. President Grover Cleveland 
signed it into law a mere six days after the end of 
the strike. 
(5) The Pullman Car Company also played an 
important role in African-American and early Civil 
Rights history through the legacy of the Pullman 
Porters. Many of the Pullman Porters were ex-slaves 
who were employed in a heavily discriminatory envi-
ronment immediately following the Civil War. These 
men, who served diligently between the 1870s and 
the 1960s, have been commended for their level of 
service and attention to detail, as well as their con-
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tributions to the development of the Black middle 
class. The information, ideas, and commerce they 
carried across the country (while traveling on trains) 
helped to bring education and wealth to Black com-
munities everywhere. Their positive role in the his-
torical image of the first-class service that was made 
available on Pullman cars is unmistakable. 
(6) Pullman was the seminal home to the 
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first Afri-
can-American labor union with a collective bar-
gaining agreement, founded by civil rights pioneer A. 
Philip Randolph in 1925. This union fought against 
discrimination and in support of just labor practices, 
and helped lay the groundwork for what became the 
great Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century. 
(7) The Pullman community is a paramount il-
lustration of the work of architect Solon Spencer 
Beman and a well-preserved example of 19th cen-
tury community planning, architecture, and land-
scape design. The community is comprised of a 
number of historic structures, including the Admin-
istration (Clock-tower) Building, Hotel Florence, 
Greenstone Church, Market Square, and hundreds 
of units of row houses built for Pullman workers. 
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(8) The preservation of Pullman has been 
threatened by plans for demolition in 1960 and by 
a fire in 1998, which damaged the iconic clock-tower 
and the rear erecting shops. The restoration and 
preservation led by the diligent efforts of community 
organizations, foundations, non-profits, residents, 
and the local and State government were vital to the 
protection of the site. 
(9) Due to the Pullman’s historic and architec-
tural significance, the site is designated as— 
(A) a registered National Historic Land-
mark District; 
(B) an Illinois State Landmark; and 
(C) a City of Chicago Landmark District. 
(10) The preservation, enhancement, economic, 
and tourism potential and management of the Pull-
man National Historical Park’s important historical 
and architectural resources requires cooperation and 
partnerships from among local property owners, 
local, State, and Federal Government entities, the 
private and non-profit sectors, and more than 100 
civic organizations who have expressed support for 
community preservation through the creation of 
Pullman National Historical Park. 
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SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PULLMAN NATIONAL HISTOR-
ICAL PARK. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is here-
by established Pullman National Historical Park in the 
State of Illinois for the purposes of— 
(1) preserving and interpreting for the benefit 
of future generations the significant labor, industrial 
and social history; the significant civil rights history; 
and the significant architectural structures in Pull-
man National Historical Park; 
(2) preserving and interpreting for the benefit 
of future generations the role of Pullman in the cre-
ation of the world’s first national Labor Day holi-
day; 
(3) coordinating preservation, protection, and 
interpretation efforts by Federal, State, or local gov-
ernmental entities, and/or private and nonprofit or-
ganizations; and 
(4) coordinating appropriate management op-
tions needed to ensure the protection, preservation, 
and interpretation of the many significant aspects of 
the site. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Pullman Na-
tional Historical Park should reflect and not exceed the 
boundaries of the Pullman Historic District in Chicago, 
which is between 103rd Street on the north, 115th Street 
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on the south, Cottage Grove Avenue on the west, and the 
Norfolk & Western Rail Line on the east. The area encom-
passes about 300 acres. The National Park Service would 
initially own only the Pullman Factory Complex, including 
the Administration/Clock Tower Building and rear erect-
ing shops and the approximately 13 acres of land on which 
the structures sit, which would be conveyed to the Na-
tional Park Service by the State of Illinois. All future land, 
buildings, and assets could be transferred to the Federal 
Government by donation, transfer, or exchange only. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
administer Pullman National Historical Park in accord-
ance with— 
(1) this Act; and 
(2) the laws generally applicable to units of the 
National Park System, including— 
(A) the National Park Service Organic Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 
(B) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
461 et seq.). 
Additionally, nothing in this law modifies any authority 
of the United States to carry out Federal laws on Federal 
land located within the Park. 
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(b) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 
may also enter into cooperative agreements with the State 
or other public and non-public parties, under which the 
Secretary may identify, interpret, and provide assistance 
for the preservation of non-Federal properties within the 
Park (and at sites in close proximity to the Park but out-
side boundaries), including providing for placement of di-
rectional and interpretive signage, exhibits, and tech-
nology-based interpretive devices. 
(c) LAND AND PROPERTY ACQUISITION.—All land, 
buildings, structures, or interests in land owned by the 
State or any other political, private, or non-profit entity 
may be acquired by the Federal Government by donation, 
transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller. 
(d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 fiscal 
years after the date on which funds are first made avail-
able to carry out this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the State, shall complete a general management plan 
for the Park in accordance with— 
(1) section 12(b) of the National Park System 
General Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 1a–7(b)); and 
(2) any other applicable laws. 
Æ 
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