Barton Coliseum

Barton Coliseum, which was constructed in 1952 and named for industrialist Thomas Harry Barton. Located in Little Rock (Pulaski County), it was Arkansas’s largest public building at the time, containing 6,750 permanent seats and 3,000 portable floor seats.

Multistory rounded concrete building with "T H Barton Coliseum" on the front with four entrances and front-mounted flag poles

Courtesy of Jim McDaniel

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