LaFollette House (LaFollette, Tennessee)

The LaFollette House (also known as Glen Oaks[2]) is a historic house in LaFollette, Tennessee, U.S.A.. It was built in the 1890s for Grant LaFollette and Harvey Marion LaFollette, two brothers who owned the LaFollette Coal and Iron Company.[3] The LaFollette brothers also built the North Tennessee Railroad.[3] They sold the house to the Russell family in 1930.[3] It was later sold to the Rogers family and still later to the Stone family. In September 2020 the home sold to the current residents.

LaFollette House
LaFollette House in 2015
LaFollette House (LaFollette, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
LaFollette House (LaFollette, Tennessee)
Location203 S. Indiana Avenue, LaFollette, Tennessee
Coordinates36°22′55.043″N 84°07′8.392″W / 36.38195639°N 84.11899778°W / 36.38195639; -84.11899778 (LaFollette House)
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1892 (1892)
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.75001736[1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 1975

The house was designed in the Victorian architectural style.[3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 29, 1975.[4]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "LaFollette House will soon have new owners". LaFollette Press. August 19, 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: LaFollette House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "LaFollette House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 2, 2018.