Beacon Hill condo for sale in historic schoolhouse
65 Anderson Street played an important role in Boston’s racial history.
65 Anderson Street, better known as the Phillips Grammar School, was built in 1824 and is one of the stops on the Black Heritage Trail tour of Beacon Hill. But you can only look at it from the outside.
That’s because, though it was the home of one of Boston’s first integrated schools, it is now a private residence.
After the building’s completion, it was used as the English High School, subsequently turning into the Phillips Grammar School in 1844, a prestigious school just for white boys, according to the National Park Service.
The school was eventually integrated in 1855, making it one of the first in the city to become so, after the Massachusetts legislature passed a desegregation act. In the 1860s the school moved to a new building.
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See inside 65 Anderson Street:
Though the outside of the building has not changed, still with prominent schoolhouse details from the 19th century, the inside is now a private duplex residence.
65 Anderson Street has two bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1,660 square feet of living space, and is steps from Louisburg Square, the most expensive block in Boston.
The open-concept home is listed for $1,600,000, has 14-foot ceilings, large arched windows on three sides, a wood-burning fireplace, Juliet balconies, hardwood floors, and a renovated kitchen.
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