Founded in an old mansion on Summit Avenue, the Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas (OMCT) was first called Fisher Hospital, after Dr. Roy Fisher, whose family lived on the second floor. The two-bed hospital soon grew to 12 beds, and it was incorporated as Fort Worth Osteopathic Hospital (FWOH) in 1946 and was staffed by 13 physicians, including Drs. George Luibel, Carl Everett and D.D. “Danny” Beyer – the same three physicians who founded the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) in 1966 during off-hours from their professional practices.

The hospital moved to the 3600 block of Camp Bowie Boulevard in 1951, then to its current location in 1956.

Despite the concerns of Dr. Phil Russell, chairman of the FWOH in 1970, about keeping the hospital private, Dr. Everett convinced Dr. Russell and other leaders of FWOH to allow TCOM to rent the fifth floor, an unused shell, as the first classroom space for the college.

Although TCOM held classes in FWOH for only one year, the professional relationship between the hospital and the college continued, as many of TCOM’s students completed rotations and residencies, and later went to work there, as they did in hospitals across the state.

After nearly 50 years of caring for the Fort Worth Community, the OMCT closed its doors for the last time in October 2004.

When the OMCT closed its doors in 2004, it seemed only natural that the land should be used to expand the school that held its first classes inside the OMCT’s walls. In February 2005, the University of North Texas Health Science Center signed an agreement to purchase the 15.5 acres of property formerly belonging to the OMCT.