November Sandwiching in History: Arkansas Municipal Auditorium

Come see where music history was made!

The Texarkana Municipal Building was constructed between 1927 and 1930 in a combination of Art Deco and Collegiate Gothic styles to house city offices and the community auditorium for the Arkansas city. The Municipal Auditorium occupies the towering central bay of the building and was the primary venue not only for local theater productions and piano and dance recitals, but also for traveling music acts, including legends like Louis Armstrong, George Jones, Fats Domino, Johnny Horton, and Roy Orbison. Young Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash played there in 1955 while making names for themselves on the Louisiana Hayride.

NOTE: The auditorium is only accessible via two flights of stairs. We realize this may be a problem for some, and we hope to live-stream the tour online for those unable to attend physically.

(photo credit: City of Texarkana)

You may also like the following events from Arkansas Historic Preservation Program:

• This September, 5th September, 12:00 pm, September Sandwiching in History: Ouachita County Training School in Bearden
• This September, 13th September, 09:00 am, National Register Training Workshop in Little Rock
• This December, 5th December, 12:00 pm, December Sandwiching in History: First Presbyterian Church of North Little Rock in North Little Rock

Also check out other Arts events in Texarkana, Music events in Texarkana, Entertainment events in Texarkana.