James Reid, a business partner of locomotive manufacturer Walter Neilson, donated a bandstand, built by the Saracen Foundry, to the park in 1893.

[3] It was at this time that the Reid family funded the construction of the spectacular Springburn Winter Gardens, a £12,000 gift from Hugh Reid of the Hyde Park Works, as part of an arrangement for Glasgow Corporation to build a Public Hall in Springburn (this hall was later demolished in 2012, despite local opposition).

The Winter Gardens building has lain derelict since Glasgow District Council applied to demolish the structure in 1985, due to rising maintenance costs.

A statue in honour of James Reid was erected in the park by public subscription in 1903; it is now Category B listed,[4] as is the bleached terracotta column and unicorn nearby.

[6] Mosesfield House, situated in the park, was also the site where George Johnston built Britain's first Motor Car in 1895, which eventually grew to become the Arrol-Johnston company.