The building sits adjacent to Lindsay Park and now houses the International Fire Museum.

The first group of volunteer firefighters in Davenport were organized in 1856 and called the Independent Fire Engine and Hose Company.

It features a rectangular plan, hipped roof covered in tile and a short tower in the back where the hoses dried.

A single pair of fire-house doors, behind which the firefighting equipment was stored, fronted Eleventh Street.

Two large rectangular windows are above the fire-house doors and a dormer is on the roof above the main façade.