In 1902, Education Minister Spiru Haret approved construction of the first dedicated building for what was then the only high school in Northern Dobruja.
[1] On December 1, 1916, the school shut down after the city came under Bulgarian occupation during World War I; it reopened in 1918.
The north wing of the school was built in 1925–1926; it featured ten classrooms with terracotta stoves, electric lighting and suitable furniture, while the schoolyard was paved and surrounded by a stone fence.
[1] In 1948, after the onset of the communist regime, the girls’ high school was merged into the boys’ and the institution thus became co-educational.
[1] The school building is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, which supplies a construction date of 1925–1930.