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Saxton House

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This surviving portion of Argyle’s oldest existing house was built by John Z. Saxton and J.S. Waddington in 1850. Robert M. LaFollette lived here for ten years after his mother married Saxton in 1862. “Fighting Bob” LaFollette later became founder of the Progressive movement, Wisconsin Governor, a U.S. Senator, and a presidential candidate.
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