Today's students are lucky. Unlike their predecessors in Deady Hall -- the university’s first building -- they aren't required to carry wood to the stoves in their classrooms to heat Deady Hall. For almost a decade after it opened 1876, Deady was the University of Oregon and all university functions happened here. It was built entirely with private donations and given to the state for the state university. Deady is included in the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. It is named in honor of Judge Matthew Deady, a member and president of the state board of regents from 1873-1893 and author of the Constitution of the state of Oregon as well as the first criminal procedure code and the Oregon Civil Code. Today Deady Hall houses classroom space for the math department.