The Presbyterian Mission Station recorded the purchase of property to be used for a church and school on Qavam e Saltaneh on February 11, 1886.

Crimson was chosen for the school color in 1891, and the motto was "That thy daughters may be as cornerstones, hewn after the fashion of a palace".

[4] A landmark year was 1921 which brought a unique young American missionary, Jane Doolittle, whose commitment and dedication would guide the school through the better part of a half-century.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, many Presbyterian missionary schools in Iran were faced with a changing relationship within the local government.

[8] Without the Iran Bethel School and the efforts of Jane Doolittle and Frances M. Gray, the Damavand College would not have been established.