It forms an arboretum that contains trees and shrubs that have been planted throughout the city's history.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as a part of the Ottumwa MPS.

A wrought iron fence was put up along Court Street just after the vault was built.

[2] Two years later the combination office and chapel building was built in the Gothic Revival style.

It was dedicated to the Union soldiers and sailors who fought in the American Civil War.