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Methodist Hospital of Dallas opened in 1927 in the Oak Cliff section of town. It was the first major hospital in Dallas south of the Trinity River.

The Bradford Memorial Hospital for Babies--which grew out of the Dallas “Baby Camp” that started on the Parkland Hospital grounds--opened in 1930 in a Mediterranean style building at the corner of Maple Avenue and Turtle Creek Blvd. In 1948,…

Conditions inside Southwestern Medical College's prefabricated wooden buildings were bare-bones and often crowded. In this photo, students sit shoulder-to-shoulder as they bend over their microscopes.

Southwestern Medical College faculty offices in the prefabricated plywood buildings were Spartan. This photo shows Professor--and later Dean--Atticus J. Gill in his office.

Southwestern Medical Foundation developed plans for a grand medical complex--incorporating Southwestern Medical College--on Harry Hines Blvd. at the intersection of Oak Lawn Avenue, as illustrated in this drawing. However, the medical school campus…

Southwestern Medical School's first campus on Oak Lawn Avenue--behind Parkland Hospital on Maple Avenue--placed it near several hospitals, as this photo illustrates. When Southwestern Medical College was incorporated into the University of Texas in…

About 1947, this site on Harry Hines Blvd. was chosen as the location for the new Parkland Memorial Hospital, which would be completed in 1954, and for the new campus of the Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas. The medical school's…

In 1954, Parkland Memorial Hospital moved into a new building on Harry Hines Blvd. The same year, the word "Memorial" was added to Parkland's name to commemorate those who died in World War II. The new Parkland was adjacent to the planned new home of…

Southwestern Medical School moved into this new building--adjacent to Parkland Memorial Hospital--in 1955. First called the Basic Science Hall, Dr. Edward H. Cary's name was later added to recognize his role in the founding of the medical school.

The first open-heart surgery in Dallas was performed at Parkland Memorial Hospital in December 1956.