Sugar House Monument

Sugar House is named for sugar it never made. In the 1850s the pioneers, determined to supply themselves, built a mill at this crossroads to render sugar from sugar beets — one of Utah's first real ventures into industry. But the machinery could not do it; the beets would not yield their sugar, and the project was abandoned. The building lived on for other uses until 1928, and the neighborhood kept the hopeful name of an enterprise that failed. Success would come later, elsewhere — but the name stayed here, at Sugar House.

What the plaque says

Home of one of the earliest efforts toward the creation of local industry in Utah. At these crossroads, in 1853-55, a structure was erected which stood for many years as a symbol of pioneer enterprises and courage. Its site was approximately two hundred feet east of this spot. After the sugar project was abandoned, the old mill served many other useful purposes. Its life ended in 1928.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 1.3 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 1.6 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 3.1 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 3.3 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Jordan & Salt Lake City Canal — steps away
• Utah Penitentiary — 0.5 mi
• Bill & Vieve Gore — 0.5 mi
• William Nightingale Memorial Library — 0.5 mi