Post Hospital
The Hospital structure was begun in 1868 and reports state that a small part of it was occupied by Christmas, 1868, with the final completion in 1870. The Fort Concho Hospital was the largest and finest structure at the fort. The basic plan, as described in the 1889 inventory, was comprised of a central two-story building with two rectangular ward wings on either side and a smaller rear wing projecting from the main building. A stately twelve foot perimeter gallery encompassing the building and a belvedere on top of the two story section contributed to the detail and interest of the structure. Ancillary stone structures, including the Dead House, Sinks, Wash Rooms, and a perimeter stone "buffalo wall" completed the compound.
Following the military abandonment in 1889, the Hospital became a rooming house and later it was used as a warehouse for hay. The deteriorated structure was struck by lightning and burned in 1911. Efforts to incorporate the ruins into a city park failed and the remaining building elements were removed in 1929. In 1986-87, after extensive architectural and archaeological investigation, the hospital was rebuilt on its original site. The building is used by the Fort Concho Museum, Fort Concho Elementary School, and the Robert Woods Johnson Museum of Frontier Medicine