He served a four-year apprenticeship under Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York's Central Park.

[1] In 1896, the park board began making plans for Grandview Drive and securing property rights.

[1] The original base was made from gravel and sand, which became dusty and deeply rutted after cars became popular.

[1] After roughly forty years, the tower was razed in 1942 due to corrosion and a high cost of repair.

The National Register of Historic Places boundary for The Grand View Drive Historic District is "roughly bounded by Prospect Road in the north, the Illinois River bluffs, Adams Street in the south and the Grand View Drive W. right of way".

The northern end of Grandview Drive is close to Tower Park in Peoria Heights, Illinois; when North Grandview Drive meets North Prospect Road, the name changes into East Kingman Avenue.

[1] The southern end of Grandview Drive is near the Peoria Waterworks building, another designation on the National Register of Historic Places.