The street is parted on the middle by Øverparken with the famous fountain and the town square, referred to as "Torget" by locals.
The current/"modern" street plot of Levanger was laid out by the Swedish king Carl III in the early 19th century.
Most of the buildings facing Kirkegata are old wooden houses of a very fine and distinct character, constructed towards the end of the 19th century, following the last of the great fires of Levanger (in 1848, 1863 and 1897).
A modern spa hotel, Levanger Fjordhotell and Spa, is to be constructed down at the harbour area, a part of a gentrification process, including the transformation of the old Trønder Mat factory (a meat processing plant) into high class apartments.
No39 is a cafe in the ground floor of Backlund hotel, that offers an outdoor area during summertime.