Pullman is a neighborhood in Richmond, California. This area was named after the Pullman Company, founded by prolific industrialist

George Mortimer Pullman George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman Company, Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, Chicago, Pullman, for the worke ...

, who in 1910 built the main facility on the that would someday become this neighborhood. This facility, named The Pullman Shops, served as the main manufacturing and repair facility for the famous Pullman sleeping car ubiquitous throughout the United States for much of the 20th century. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, this facility played an important role in the war effort. The Pullman shop in Richmond was closed on December 31, 1959. Today, Pullman has been redeveloped primarily into residential units, much like

apartments An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are man ...

. However, there are a few neighborhood businesses along Carlson and Cutting Boulevard and a railroad is located on the border. Two Pullman shop buildings are still standing today at 350 Carlson Blvd.A living link to history
Richmond Confidential, 3 November 2009

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Neighborhoods in Richmond, California {{ContraCostaCountyCA-geo-stub