Rio Grande in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Squatter's Pub Brewery

Garden Hotel

— 1909, Ware & Treganza —

Squatter's Pub Brewery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 17, 2025

1. Squatter's Pub Brewery Marker

Inscription. Joseph Baungarter built the Garden Hotel in 1909. Ware & Treganza, one of Salt Lake City's most successful architectural firms, designed this simple commercial building. While best known for its Craftsman and Prairie style works, the firm also designed a number of the less stylized commercial and industrial buildings in Salt Lake City's warehouse district. A variety of hotels operated in the building until 1979. After standing vacant for much of the 1980s, the building was purchased by the Salt Lake Brewing Company in 1988. The brewing company renovated the building and opened Squatter's Pub Brewery here in 1989.

Erected by Utah Heritage Foundation. (Marker Number 44.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.

Location. 40° 45.758′ N, 111° 53.745′ W. Marker is in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is in Rio Grande. It is on West 300 South, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 147 W 300 S, Salt Lake City UT 84101, United States of America.

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Regionally, this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: J.G. McDonald Chocolate Company (here, next to this marker); First Sunday School (within shouting distance of this marker); Utah's First Pioneer Burial Site (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Congregation B'Nai Israel (about 400 feet away); Peery Hotel (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Peery Hotel (about 400 feet away); Salt Lake City High School (about 500 feet away); Broadway Hotel (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salt Lake City.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 17, 2025

2. Squatter's Pub Brewery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 135 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.