[2] The park included a lake, island, gazebo, a public green with brick walkways, and a baseball field.

Most of the space was paved over in 1980 for the terminal's shopping mall, the Land of Oz, and is subsequently used by the Cincinnati Museum Center.

[2] The park had 10–18 acres (4.0–7.3 ha) at different times in its history,[4] and included a public green, a manmade lake for boating and fishing, a sunken garden and grotto, a playground and wading pool, a small island with a decorative gazebo, numerous park benches, brick walkways, and an exterior fence.

In 1857, upset property owner complaints resulted in the potter's field and pest house moving outside city limits and the space becoming a park.

[16] Lincoln Park was instead remodeled in 1932 from its lush foliage, lake, and gazebo to simply have grass lawns and pleasant landscaping.

The relandscaping included elms and sycamore tree borders, with flower beds in the central strip.

[19] The central strip is still intact, however the portions to its north and south became parking lots in 1980, as part of renovations to open the terminal's shopping mall, the Land of Oz.

The parking lots are currently maintained and used by the Cincinnati Museum Center, the terminal's largest tenant.

It was relocated to Washington Park, though it eventually was moved to the lobby of the Hamilton County Courthouse, the successor to the building Desmond died defending.

Although stated to cost $10,000, he offered it for free, though if allowed to call upon Cincinnati residents to contribute in reimbursing him for his effort.

The monument was originally intended as a 25-foot-tall elaborately ornamented temple, with Greek and Gothic influences, decorated columns supporting a roof, with the bust of Lincoln placed in the center of the structure.