The architectural ensemble of the institution, which includes the original school building, the Church of Our Lady of Victories, the Anchieta House, and the headquarters of the Marian Congregation Our Lady of Victories, was listed as an historical site by the city of Rio de Janeiro in 2007.

[3] The original bell and a set of Baroque sculptures from Morro Castle church were preserved and now adorn the main courtyard and the lobby of St. Ignatius School.

[clarification needed] In 1900, the residence of Jesuit priests in Rio was at 35 Senador Vergueiro, in the Flamengo neighborhood.

It remained there until 1902, with a small primary school where Father Alexandre Diomedi taught some boys music and prepared them for first communion.

They rented a house for 500 escudos, after attempts to decades of Jesuit reopen a school in Rio, began operating the Externato St. Ignatius.