Historic Pullman Foundation

Contact Information | Background | History | Board of Directors
Membership & Support

The mission of the Historic Pullman Foundation is to facilitate the preservation and restoration of original structures within the Town of Pullman and to promote public awareness of the significance of Pullman as one of the nation’s first planned industrial communities, now a designated City of Chicago, State of Illinois and National landmark district.

Contact Information

Historic Pullman Foundation
Business Office
614 E 113th Street
Chicago, IL 60628
Business Phone: (773) 785-8181
Fax: (773) 785-8182
Email: foundation@pullmanil.org

Historic Pullman Visitor Center
Tours and Visitor Information
(not a mailing address)
11141 S. Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago, IL
Phone: (773) 785-8901

Background
The Historic Pullman Foundation was chartered in 1973 as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) tax status. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors, managed by a small professional staff and supported by volunteers.

The Foundation serves as a vehicle to acquire and restore important public buildings within the Pullman Historic District; to develop and provide educational programs and tours; and to conduct research and long range community planning to facilitate the continuing preservation and restoration of the Pullman Historic District.

History
The establishment of the Foundation was the natural outgrowth of efforts initiated by the Pullman Civic Organization and its Beman Committee. Residents of Pullman and other interested individuals developed a growing awareness that Pullman’s historic significance and unique architecture needed to be preserved and protected.

Through their efforts, the Town of Pullman was designated an Illinois Historic District in 1969, a National Landmark District in 1970 and in 1972, the southern part of the District was designated as one of the first landmark districts by the City of Chicago. More recently the City of Chicago amended the historic district boundaries to include both the north and southern parts of the district.

Board of Directors
The Officers and Board of Directors of the Historic Pullman Foundation 2007 are:

President
Michael Shymanski
Architect, McDonough & Associates
Pullman Resident
Founding member of Historic Pullman Foundation

Vice President
Cynthia Martin-McMahon
Executive Assistant, Deptartment of Administrative Hearings, Illinois Secretary of State
3rd Generation Pullman Resident

Secretary/ Treasurer
Joseph C. Szabo
State Director, Illinois Legislative Board, United Transportation Union

Directors
Robert Bushwaller
Architect
Pullman Resident

Robert Fioretti
Attorney, Fioretti and Lauer

Carol Tome
Past President of the Historic Pullman Foundation
Pullman Resident

Joseph Shacter
Senior Policy Advocate, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Past President & CEO of the Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum