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In 1877, school was established for Catholic boys in 'Sunny Bank' a bungalow close to the presbytery (possibly what is known as the Bishop's House today) by the Capuchin Fathers. In 1879 new building had been put up and the school was given the name of "St. Joseph's Seminary" under the Rectorship of Fr. Joseph Peacock, helped by five assistant-masters. This was presumably the first authentic ancestor of North Point. By 1881 the school was enlarged to a building measuring 150 by 40 feet, a very large structure for the Darjeeling of those days.