The Virtual Museum	PULLMAN HOUSE HISTORY PROJECT	Online Maps

Most of the maps presented below are from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1911 edition. Click on the small copy of the maps to bring up a detailed, larger map of the area. The maps are linked into the house history database, so clicking on a property will make a database query. For comparison, we have also included a few Rascher's maps of Pullman, Cook County, Illinois, from 1886 that cover a similar area.

Properties that are referenced in the database are indicated as a house and its surrounding yard, which look like: The numbers next to the house indicate its old and new street address, so, in this example, this would be 108 Stephenson/11117 Champlain.

Factory properties are highlighted in a rather nice shade of lavender.

This is a very large (3 Mb) Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of the entire area of Pullman. It dates from 1901. Photographs in our collection have been matched to their location on the map. Click on a red dot to see the photographs.
One of the most beautiful maps of Pullman ever made, the 1882 Hyde Park Township plat map was hand colored. Mr. Pullman would not allow the map makers onto "his" property, so they were forced to guess at where things were located using drawings and photographs. Notice on the southern map, there is an older development (pre-Pullman) platted.  The north part, including the factory.
The south part.

103rd to 105th, Cottage Grove, Corliss Ave. 103rd to 105, Corliss Ave., Ericson Ave. -- Pullman Factory Shops 104th to 106th, Ericson Ave., Bessemer Ave. -- Pullman Factory Foundry (abandoned as of 1911) 105th to 106th, Whitney Ave., Corliss Ave., Ericson Ave., as well as a map of the Columbia Screw Company 105th to 107th, Cottage Grove, Stephenson Ave., Fulton Ave. 107th to 108th,  Pullman Ave., Stephenson Ave., Fulton Ave., also, the Railway Steel Spring Company, Oil House, Machine Shop, Fire Department 107th to 108th,  Pullman Ave., Stephenson Ave., Fulton Ave. -- 1886 Rascher Map   Factory Complex

103rd, facing north (west half) -- Freight Steel Car Shops
103rd, facing north (east half) -- Freight Steel Car Shops
103rd to 105th, Corliss Ave., Ericson Ave. -- Repair Shops, Laundry
105th to 106th, Whitney Ave., Corliss Ave., Ericson Ave. -- Columbia Screw Company
104th to 106th, Ericson Ave., Bessemer Ave. --  Foundry (abandoned as of 1911)
107th to 108th,  Pullman Ave., Stephenson Ave., Fulton Ave. --  Railway Steel Spring Company, Oil House, Machine Shop, Fire Department
106th to 107th -- Rolling Mills, Print and Paint Shop
107th to 109th -- Freight Car Erecting Shop, Saw Mill, Lumberyards, Dry Kiln, Riveting Shop
108th to 111th -- Administration Building, Hammer Shop, Machine Shop, Water Tower, Steel Passenger Car Erecting Shops, Woodworking Shop, Upholstering and Repairing Shop, Truck Shop, Employee Bicycle Shed, Time Keeper (western third of main complex)
108th to 111th -- Steel Passenger Car Erecting Shops, Mirror and Glass Shop, Art Glass Shop (middle third of main complex)
108th to 111th -- Steel Passenger Car Erecting Shops, Lumberyard, Millwright, Steamfitters' Shop, Brass Finishing, Brass Foundry, Tin Shop, Pipe Shop, Passenger Sill Mill, Pattern Vault (eastern third of main complex)