Thomas Mifflin School is a historic school located in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The building was designed by

Irwin T. Catharine Irwin Thornton Catharine (October 22, 1883 – March 3, 1944) was the chief architect of Philadelphia Public school (government funded), public schools from 1920 until his retirement in 1937. Buildings built during Catharine's tenure ranged from ...

and built in 1936. It is a -story, "L"-shaped, brick building on a raised basement in the Colonial Revival-style. Additions were built in 1966 and 1968. It features a large brick and wood

clock tower Clock towers are a specific type of structure which house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another buildi ...

, gable roof, and rounded gables. ''Note:'' This includes The school was named for American merchant and politician Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Thomas Mifflin School
* at School District of Philadelphia * School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1936 East Falls, Philadelphia School District of Philadelphia Public K–8 schools in Philadelphia {{PhiladelphiaPA-NRHP-stub