Walter A. Sheaffer House
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Walter A. Sheaffer House | |
 The Walter Sheaffer House is on the right, The Craig and Virginia Sheaffer House is on the left | |
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| Location | 11 High Point Fort Madison, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 40°38′02″N 91°17′14″W / 40.63389°N 91.28722°W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1929-1930 |
| Architect | Mayo and Mayo |
| Architectural style | Jacobean |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000858[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 19, 2006 |
The Walter A. Sheaffer House, also known as the Craig & Margaret Abolt House, is a historic residence located in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. The listing includes two structures, the main house and the garage cottage.
Walter A. Sheaffer was the inventor of the lever-filled fountain pen, and he founded the Sheaffer Pen Company to produce it.[2] The house is part of a complex of houses built by the Sheaffer family. The Craig and Virginia Sheaffer House (1929), Walter's son and daughter-in-law, located just to the east of this house is also listed on the National Register. The Walter Sheaffer House is a 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) structure completed in 1930.[3] It was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Mayo and Mayo. The other two houses in the complex were built later for Craig and Virginia's sons Walter and John.
