[2] The whole park was individually listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1998.

There is a group of architectural sculptures along the Riverfront Parkway,[4] of which Lindsay Park is a part.

The park also hosts the annual Riverssance Festival of Fine Art.

[5] The park served as the parade grounds for the Union Army stationed at Camp McClellan during the American Civil War.

The park held a Civil War Muster and Mercantile Exposition annually in the 1980s.