[1] The larger, northern section is landscaped with trees, lawn and walkways, and includes public art.

The smaller southern portion has a statue of the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

In 1847, the developer James H. Rogers donated the land to the city, making it one of Milwaukee's earliest parks.

[3] In 1909, a statue of Robert Burns was donated by James Anderson Bryden, a Scottish immigrant, and erected on the south end of the park.

The bronze statue, set on a plinth of Nova Scotia granite, was designed by the Scottish sculptor William Grant Stevenson.