The foundation stone for the school was laid by McIntyre on 25 September 1855; his brother, Rev.

[2][3][4] Samuel Griffith, future Premier of Queensland and Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and Charles Pilcher, later a local MP and King's Counsel, were among the students at the school.

A Mrs. Johnson operated a private ladies' high school out of the buildings during the 1870s and 1880s before it was acquired as the first premises of the West Maitland State High School for Girls, which opened on 21 January 1884.

[9][10] Presbyterian High School was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

[1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Presbyterian High School/Manse (former), entry number 00577 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.