The proximity to and commanding view of the Mississippi River kept this neighborhood fashionable long after the original families had departed.

[3] Unlike similar west end and central neighborhoods, Prospect Park has retained mostly single family usage.

The neighborhood included three "family enclaves" that are associated with individuals who were active in Davenport's commercial and industrial history in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Joseph R. Lane (1017 Mississippi) was an attorney, businessman, investor, and a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.

Jenness, who was secretary and treasurer of the Democrat Company, lived in a frame Neoclassical house at 1802 East River Drive.

His brother Morris, secretary of the Richardson Land and Timber Company, lived next door in a frame Shingle style house at 1810.

Other significant people to Davenport economic life who lived in the neighborhood included Charles J. von Maur (1800 East River Drive) and Rowland Harned (830 Mississippi).

Other people involved in the lumber industry included Jules J. DeLescaille (901 Mississippi) and Ralph Lindsay, vice-president of the Lindsay-Phelps Company (224 Prospect Terrace).