Its construction began in 1886, according to design by the architect Pedro Avila. The main body of a more prestigious, announces the function of traditional teaching. The workshop building, built later, was created in the image of the industrial architecture of the time, in an attempt to adapt to functions for which had been conceived. Is currently the high school Fonseca Benevides.

The classification is an extension of the previous decree 129\/77 of 29-9 that was limited to the staircase of the old high school, the Jesuits built within the programmatic lines of the architecture schools at the time. The Chapel is a harmonious construction of the 21st century. XIX.