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Outdoor Structures

There are many exciting artifacts in the Arkansas Alumni Association’s collection! Learn about two special outdoor structures!

A large carved stone statue in the shape of a hog's head emerging from the group and a stone football in front of it.
A metal plaque embedded in the ground that says "Stone Hog Carved by Orville Skaggs; A gift from Elbert & Syble Baker

The images above feature a ten-ton hog head sculpture. It sits just outside the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House.

Orville Roosevelt Skaggs (1909-1998) carved it out of a limestone boulder. His son-in-law Elbert Baker was the director of the U of A’s Experimental Strawberry Substation in Searcy and wanted a Razorback sculpture there. Skaggs made this amazing piece of art as a result. It took four years to carve. Eventually, the Bakers donated the statue to the University and it was placed in its current location today.

The images below feature the William R. & Jo Ella Toller Celebration Tower, also located outside the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House. It is lit up and its bell rings for games and special occasions.

A brick tower with "ARKANSAS" engraved across the front and the U of A school crest below.
A concrete embedded commemoration that says "William R. & Jo Ella Toller Celebration Tower"
An interior view of the tower looking straight up a the bell hanging inside