It was located on Front Street (now River Drive) not far from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Freight House, which made access to transportation routes efficient.

[2] Eventually the building was acquired by the Petersen, Harned, and Von Maur Department Store for use as a warehouse.

Petersen's Sons Wholesale Building were torn down in the early 21st century to make way for a parking structure and the Davenport Skybridge.

It was one of the few utilitarian buildings in Davenport that opened its walls with large windows, indicating the structure beneath its brick surface.

The only decorative elements on the building were a restrained metal cornice, rustication at the corners, and stone jack arches.