Pullman Porter House - View this location on map This brick Victorian rowhouse, built circa 1860, was once owned by the Pullman Porter Company. In the 1920s the company employed more blacks than any other U.S. corporation as porters on its luxury railroad line. The black Pullman Porters who were housed here held one of the first jobs that allowed blacks to join the middle class, despite very low wages and long hours. A. Philip Randolph, the founder of one of the first black unions, the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters, held meetings on the first floor of this building.South End Landmark District 218 West Springfield St., Boston, MA Historical

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