 He left Chihuahua when the French forces and the Second Mexican Empire had been almost totally defeated.After that the building reverted to being the Government Palace for the state administration.However, when the new palace was constructed a few blocks away, the Casa Juárez was turned into an educational institution, first as the Escuela Municipal Nro 3 for girls, redesignated as Escuela Oficial Nro 140, and then renamed Escuela Benito Juárez, a name it retained from 1926 to 1967, when it was closed.