It is on the Black Heritage Trail and its history is included in walking tours by the Boston African American National Historic Site.

[1][2][3] The school educated nearby children, predominantly from wealthy families.

[1] Black Bostonians fought tirelessly for equal educational opportunities throughout the 19th century.

In the early 1870s, Elizabeth Smith, daughter of abolitionist John J. Smith, started teaching at the Phillips School and was probably the first African American to teach in an integrated Boston public school.

[1] The house is a Boston African American historical site located on the Black Heritage Trail in Beacon Hill.