1854 — Operation of ill-fated Sugar House sugar mill begins. It never produces sugar from sugar beets, only molasses. It is estimated that about $100,000, a fair sum at the time, is lost in the effort to produce sugar.
1855 — The state's first prison opens on the site of the current Sugarhouse Park.
1860 — The sugar factory, which was called the Sugar House, is remodeled, and a paper factory is established.
1873 — Sugar House gets its first post office. It is called the Paper Mill Station.
1900 — Sugar House is evolving into a business district. The area gets its first barbershop.
1910 — Sugar House incorporates into Salt Lake City.
1914 — Plumbing is installed throughout Sugar House.
1928 — The Sugar House is torn down. A monument to the mill now sits on the site at 2100 South and 1100 East.
1932 — The Sugar House Chamber of Commerce is formed.
1951 — Inmates at the Sugar House prison are moved to the new Utah State Prison in Draper, leading the way for the prison area to be transformed into Sugarhouse Park.
1954 — Thousands turn out to celebrate Sugar House's 100th birthday.
1985 — Faced with ugly, decaying sidewalks, Salt Lake City spends thousands renovating the area's sidewalks with landscaping, red brick pavers and new concrete.
1999 — The Boyer Co. opens the new Commons of Sugar House, a sprawling retail development that brings scores of new businesses to the area.