The Tamassee DAR School is a school in Tamassee, South Carolina, founded in 1919 by the

Daughters of the American Revolution The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United States' efforts towards independence. A non-profit group, they promote ...

to serve the underprivileged children of

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. Historic buildings can be observed on the DAR School campus. The school survives and thrives to this day, consistently graduating classes of children between the ages of 7 and 18. The school was named to the

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in 2012.

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* {{Authority control School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Schools in Oconee County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Oconee County, South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina