The Hogar Hotel (formally listed on the National Register as the Lewis S. Hills House)

The building at 126 South 200 West was built in 1877 as a home for Lewis S. Hills, a well-known Salt Lake City banker who also served as president of Deseret National Bank, receiver of the U.S. Land Office, and city council member for two terms. Hills owned the property from 1869 to 1908. The house is a High Victorian Italianate style with an uneven front, featuring bay windows on the left and a decorative wood porch on the right. It is one of the few remaining examples of elegant residential architecture from Salt Lake City's early period.

After the Hills family left, the building became a boarding house. In 1919, John F. Bennett of Bennett's Paint and Glass bought it. Then in 1928, John Landa, who came from the Basque province of Bizkaia in Spain and had worked as a sheepherder, purchased the building. Landa renovated it and opened the Hogar Hotel, which means "home" in Spanish, as a place for Basque immigrants arriving by train to Salt Lake City to stay and connect with others. Many new arrivals found their first shelter, familiar language, food, and community at the Hogar Hotel before heading to work on sheep ranches in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.

John and Claudia Landa managed the hotel for many years and were warmly remembered as important community members. Some in Utah's Basque community called them grandparents to everyone. The Hogar Hotel was more than just a boarding house; it was also a restaurant and a cultural center. Local Basque families came together there for meals, conversation, and events, keeping their language and traditions alive as they adjusted to life in the American West.

The building's spot in Block 67 put it in the center of Salt Lake City's most diverse immigrant neighborhood. To the north along 100 South was Japantown, home to the Japanese Church of Christ and the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, both still standing today. The Bertolini Block to the south served Italian immigrants, and Greek Town was nearby. The Hogar Hotel was not only important to the Basque community but also stood as a symbol of the larger immigrant community that helped build Salt Lake City's west side.

The hotel closed in the early 1970s, and the building was later used as an antiques shop. In 1977, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as an individual listing. When the Salt Lake City Warehouse Historic District expanded in 2016, the building was also recognized as a contributing resource.