The fire hydrant on the corner of 18th and prairie is still in the same spot and looks just the same as it did from the photos when the mansion still stood.

Wonderful documentary. Luckily, some of the beautiful architectural elements survived and can be enjoyed and analyzed. I wish the house survived, but I understand the reason for its demolition.

Give trailer trash a treasure & it'll become firewood Only Democrats can destroy such glory in the name of racism

Would have watchedthe whole, but the jack in the box , music? Why all 5he noise? Even when people are speaking?

The United States will always destroy the past for the greed of the future.

Bankers property

Tearing it down was total disrespect.

Too much.. cluttered..beyond good taste..

Those banisters alone exquisitely glam and regal

I guess the wealthiest of the wealthy wasn't scared of clutter.

What interest me was how Chicago's RR Donley and Son started in that aera of the Pullman house they were the top 200 printer's when I was working

A very nice documentary, It was well done.❤🇺🇲🙂

House is wack. It doesn’t even have any color

impressive house but filled up like a antique storage room. The poor maid that had to dust there ;-)

I can’t believe they tore down such a work of art and history!

The different architectural styles of each room in this magnificent home is unbelievable!

Funny we poor ole Loud Americans uncultured And who has to bail every body out when the barbarians are at the gate.. My family has spilled blood and bones on 4 Continents for this great nation and everyone elses

The workmanship of those people unknown did some very intricate work in that wood

Beautiful video! People were able to afford to build these sort of palatial buildings back then because they weren't burden with all the taxes that we are today. I also think it is sad to see so many old black and white photos (movies) being colourized. I think it gives pictures that extra unique quality of being black and white. Leave the colour to the imagination. My dad worked for 43 years for the CNR in Canada and we were therefore able to take free train rides back in the sixties and I remember sleeping and sitting in many fancy rail cars, be it, not as fancy as the Pullman cars. Thanks for the video, just subscribed.

I don't know why Obama is talking about Pullman history when he's part KENYAN and he's not even an AMERICAN mulatto man, one of the mixed race Freedmen here.. These immigrants won't leave shit alone!!

Seriously, is this the house they filmed Clue in?!

The music drowns out the speaker and hurts the head. Why so loud??

Tear down the old things to build new things that look old. That’s the American way.

Wow! What a magnificent ego.

1894 Pullman strike and riot. Yep. Remember, people starving. Remember public education was not public.

My great grandfather was a carpenter for Pullman. He built the beautiful passenger cars. He and his family lived in the Pullman village on the south east side of Chicago.

Ain’t that Uncle Fester’s pad.

It looks like the set of the Beverly Hillbillies.

in the old film footage of the auction at the opening it sure looks like speyer was there. both pullman and eventually speyer were involved in railroads. spayer is especially interesting including his wife.

Such beauty

so creepy

At least some of the architecture was saved

The Pullman Mansion stands as a testament to the grandeur of industrial-era America and the success of one of its most influential figures. Its architectural beauty and historical significance make it an important landmark, reflecting the wealth and complexity of the Gilded Age. The mansion’s preservation ensures that future generations can appreciate its role in the broader narrative of American history and industrial development.

The amount of history contained within this one home is staggering.

An exquisite presentation, if I may say so myself.

The Barker Mansion in Michigan City, IN is very much intact and well cared for!! Please look it up! You'll be happy you did!

Men suck.

As soon as I found out they tore it down I turned this off.

I use to work for Pullman trains .im 115 years old

You mean you can't take it with you? 😳

I love my grandmother's Pullman bread pan I still use it to make square bread 🍞 I have worked hard to save the birth-site of the Ringling brothers. Such a simple home. I love and feel blessed to live here. I enjoy meeting all the wonderful people that stop in mc Gregor Iowa to see it.

Generally, I’d agree with the mourning for this house. But Pullman and his wife were horrible people, and built their wealth off the backs of others. If you want to get a sense of how Pullman thought of himself, go to the Graceland Cemetery on the Northside of Chicago and take a look at the monument he built for himself and his wife. It is bigger than most homes - large homes - and looks like a temple to himself. He was the worst of Prairie Barons. I’m glad the thing is gone.

Why would you pull this down? Why do the children look so miserable?

Pullman lived in opulence when his workers were forced to live in unfinished houses without water. And forced to shop in railroad owned shops with inflated prices. Hence the saying , I owe my soul to the company store.

Sad😢

Pulman's fortune began with his invention of Air Brakes, still in use (conceptually) on rail and transport trucks. The reverse logic used meant compressed air forced the brakes open against strong mechanical springs. Relieving air pressure would allow the springs to apply brake. That way, if air pressure is lost, you don't have a runaway train, it simply grinds to a halt. Smarty Pants, eh?

Im overwhelmed with all the hand carving .. can we see the loss of such an era...had the privledge in working in a similar home tht was also demolished...im hoping the wood tht was in tht house and fire places etc etc were saved...were ripping history down.

That was so stupid. There’s so many old mansions that need to be saved it’s part of our history. That’s just like schools. Don’t like it no more just demolish it. It’s cheaper to update stuff like that.

Whos bright idea was it tobtear down this mansion, I wonder

No bathrooms and no construction photos, when was this home founded?