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William M. Davis House

Historic district contributing properties in MassachusettsHouses completed in 1898Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, MassachusettsNRHP infobox with nocatNational Historic Landmarks in Cambridge, Massachusetts
CambridgeMA WilliamMorrisDavisHouse
CambridgeMA WilliamMorrisDavisHouse

The William Morris Davis House is a National Historic Landmark on 17 Francis Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An architecturally undistinguished Queen Anne-era house, probably built in the 1890s, it is notable as the home of William Morris Davis between 1898 and 1916. Davis (1850-1934) was a professor of geology at Harvard University, and an influential figure in the development of meteorology and geomorphology as scientific disciplines. His textbook Elementary Meteorology was a standard of that field for many years. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

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William M. Davis House
Francis Avenue, Cambridge

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02143 Cambridge
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