On August 21, 1829, a seminary was requested by the Central Consistory and granted by ministerial order.
On March 22, 1831, an order of King Louis Philippe I allowed for state financing for the school.
On July 1, 1859, the school moved to Paris after a royal decree by Empress Eugenie.
The Consistory bought 1500 square meters of land at 9 Rue Vauquelin in the Latin Quarter of the 5e arrondissement, the center of French intellectual life.
David Bloqué, an Alsatian living in Paris, gave a generous donation to the school.