Sanasarian college was a foremost institution for Armenian culture and education in the eastern provinces during the decades before World War I.

The fine buildings are of the best construction, and are admirably suited for educational purposes, and the equipments are of the latest and most complete description.

Much may be hoped for in the future from the admirable moral training and thorough education given in this college, which is one of the few bright spots in Armenia.

[5]After the Armenian genocide, and when the property was abandoned, the Sanasarian College was chosen as the location for the Erzurum Congress.

[6][7] In 2012, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople appealed to a court in Ankara for the return of the properties owned by the Sanasarian College.