Standing in the plaza between Reed and Sadler Halls, is the Horned Frog Statue. The welded metal sculpture was created by Seppo Aarnos and installed in 1984. Commissioned by Student Government in 1984, it has become a tradition for students to rub the statue’s nose for good luck before a test.

Behind the statue is Reed Hall. The northeast corner of Reed holds the first cornerstone ever laid on TCU’s Fort Worth campus back in 1911. At that time, it was simply known as the Administration Building. For more information on the history of Reed Hall, please visit the Reed Hall stop on this tour.

Reed was renovated for academic purposes in 1960 and the location of TCU’s business and administrative offices moved to Sadler Hall. Located on the other side of this plaza, Sadler Hall was the second structure to occupy this site on campus. In 1912, a men’s residence hall was erected here as the fourth building on TCU’s Fort Worth campus. The new administration building was named Sadler Hall by the Board of Trustees in honor of former TCU Chancellor McGruder Ellis Sadler who served from 1941 to 1965. Sadler Hall continued to serve as TCU’s primary administration building until the fall of 2020 with the opening of The Harrison building.