William M. Davis House

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.

The main entrance is on the side, under a porch supported by round columns resting on shingled piers, with a simple balustrade in between.

[3] William Morris Davis (1850-1934) purchased this house around 1898, the date of his appointment as the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at nearby Harvard University, and lived here until 1916.