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Phoenixonian Institute

1861 establishments in CaliforniaAfrican-American historyAfrican Americans in CaliforniaBoarding schools in CaliforniaDefunct private schools in California
Educational institutions disestablished in 1901Educational institutions established in 1861High schools in San Jose, CaliforniaHistorically segregated African-American schools in CaliforniaHistory of San Jose, CaliforniaJapantowns in the United States

The Phoenixonian Institute, also known as St. Philip’s Mission School for Negroes, is a former secondary school for African American students active from 1861 until the mid-1870s and located in the Japantown neighborhood of San Jose, California. It was the first African American residential secondary school in the state of California and the western United States, founded by Peter William Cassey.The school building no longer stands. The site of the former school has been listed as one of the City of San Jose Historic Resources Inventory (number 81).

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Phoenixonian Institute
North 4th Street, San Jose Japantown

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95112 San Jose, Japantown
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