The college was established in 1871 by US missionary James L. Fowle, and was turned to a secondary boarding school by Henry K. Wingate in 1889. With the completion of a much larger building in 1906, the college consisted of two schools, one for boys and the other for girls in two separate buildings.

After serving the region in education 86 years long and graduating notable alumni, the college was closed down in 1968. The boys' school building is being used by the provincial youth and sports authority since 1976. The building of girls' school, which was used as a hospital in 1911, was left to Erciyes University in 1978.

• Paul Nilson and Harriet Fisher Nilson^[1]

• Mete Akyol (1935–2016), Turkish journalist
• Cengiz Çandar, Turkish journalist

• List of missionary schools in Turkey
• List of high schools in Turkey

• Short history in Turkish
• Short history on boys and girls schools