Elliott and Stoddard Halls are the two oldest remaining buildings on Miami University's Oxford Ohio campus today.

Built in 1825 (Elliott) and 1836 (Stoddard), they were designed in the Federal style and modeled after Connecticut Hall at Yale University.

Over time they have become landmarks on the campus and are considered two of the most prestigious dorms to live in,[4][5] they are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[2][6][7] The buildings are named for early Miami professors Charles Elliott and Orange Nash Stoddard.

Phi Kappa Tau founders William H. Shideler and Clinton D. Boyd lived together in the same room in Elliott at the time of their fraternity's founding in 1906.

[8] In 2011, Elliott and Stoddard Halls became the first dorms at Miami to convert to geothermal energy instead of using the coal and natural gas steam system.

These tools included a bed, chairs, table, cook utensils, an ax to cut wood for the fireplaces in each room, and a warm cap.

The room consists of two beds, a table, portraits of the men, and a stone plaque to help commemorate the founding of Phi Delta Theta.

This was the third building completed on Miami's campus and was used as housing for junior and senior male students.

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.

[7] In 1937 a large renovation project was started on "Old South" to try adapt the building to the New Miami era.

The entire interior space of the building was gutted, and the old fireplaces and stove openings had to be removed.