The street was named after the Palais de la Bourse,[1] built between 1855 and 1862, by René Dardel, which is situated in its southern part.

[4] A college was created in 1519 by members of the Brotherhood of the Trinity and became in 1527 the Collège de la Trinité with William Durand as first director.

In 1607, the new college Collège-lycée Ampère was built after plans by Étienne Martellange, and Archbishop Denis-Simon de Marquemont blessed the first stone.

To the west, the house with a big drum engraved above the door, in which famous revolutionary Marie Joseph Chalier lived, was built in 1670.

In front of them, at the corner with rue Gential, there is a Caisse d'Epargne bank, founded under the direction of Charvet on 11 September 1822[8] and originally located on the ground floor of the City Hall, but moved there in 1859.