The 400-acre (1.6 km2) park includes monuments, a bandshell, a baseball stadium and it is one of the terminal points for the Davenport Skybridge.

Other features of the park include picnic shelters, horseshoe pits and river access for fishing.

Privately funded additions included the Lend-A-Hand Club building in 1923, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Freight House in 1918 and Union Station in 1924.

[4] In 1997 after the other buildings were torn down Main Street was closed south of River Drive and a plaza was created.

[5] Popularly referred to as the LeClaire Park Bandshell,[6] the pavilion was named for William D. Petersen, a promoter of Davenport’s riverfront in the late 19th and early 20th century.

It was also the home field for the St. Ambrose University and Assumption High School athletic programs.