The Eccles-Browning Warehouse is on the south side of Pierpont Ave in Salt Lake City, between 300 West and 400 West.

The 80,000 square foot market was built in 1910 and was restored as Artspace‘s first of several impressive projects, it is now many different businesses.

From Preservation Utah’s walking tour:

Free Farmers’ Market Artspace
1910, Samuel T. Whitaker, SLC/Ogden

The historic name of this long commercial building is ironic since local farmers would not use it. In the early 20th century, farmers sold produce from carts on the streets of Salt Lake City. In 1910, the Eccles-Browning Investment Company constructed this building and proposed that the city compel farmers to sell produce here rather than on the streets. The farmers, however, refused and formed their own farmers’ market a few blocks to the south and east.

The Free Farmers’ Market Building thus became the home of a variety of wholesale grocery and produce firms. Loading docks run the full length of both sides of the building. The front (northern) docks were used by trucks while the back docks were for the trains that ran on a railroad spur directly behind the building.

In the mid-1980s, Artspace began the rehabilitation of the Free Farmers’ Market. Today the building houses 23 residences, 30 studios, office space for non-profit organizations, stores, and professional offices. The Artspace project was a pioneer in the revitalization of Salt Lake City’s Gateway district.