senior male students. The building was completed for a total cost of $9,000 and housed up to 29 students. In 1868, the Miami chapter of Delta Upsilon fraternity was founded in room 4, the room of one of the original members, William Eltzroth. Today, a plaque inside Stoddard describes to the founding of the chapter and is dedicated to the 12 members of the fraternity who died during World War II. Delta Upsilon was the sixth and final fraternity from the "Old Miami" era. For a short period of time the campus YMCA was housed in Stoddard Hall in 1869 and also housed classrooms while the main academic building, Old Main, was under renovations. In 1937 a large renovation project was started on “Old South” to try and bring the building into the New Miami era. The main objective of this renovation was to make “Old North” and “Old South” together and to make them fit with the rest of the architecture that was progressing on Miami's campus. The entire interior space of the building was gutted, and the old fireplaces and stove openings had to be removed. The circulation patterns of the building were also rerouted to make traveling throughout the building more user friendly and simple. After the renovation had been completed Miami decided to rename the building Stoddard Hall in honor of Professor Orange Nash Stoddard. Stoddard was a professor at Miami University between 1845 and 1870. During this time period he taught natural Science and acted as President in 1854. He received his education from Union College and Monmouth. Stoddard later died on February 10, 1892. References Buildings and structures of Miami University National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Ohio Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio University and college dormitories in the United States