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William James Hall
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A campus building on Kirkland St, in the middle of things: 204 places within a five-minute walk. One of 215 parks & outdoors in Cambridge.
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On the National Register since 1976
William Morris Davis House
William Morris Davis House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 7, 1976, and named a National Historic Landmark the same day. It is significant for its science at the national level. Its architecture is described as Queen Anne and Shingle Style.
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…
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204 places within a five-minute walk of William James Hall.
🎭See some artGSD Kirkland Gallery1 min walk☕Grab a coffeeChauhaus cafe1 min walk🍽️EatHarvard Red Club1 min walk📜See a landmarkSparks House2 min walk
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Sociology DepartmentCollege university
1 min walk🎓Committee on Degrees in Social StudiesCollege university
1 min walk🧰Evenden Garage Door RepairPlace
1 min walk💼Harvard Ukrainian Research InstituteEducational research institute
1 min walk⛪Swedenborg ChapelChurch cathedral
1 min walk🧰HURI BooksTopic publisher
1 min walkWhere it is
Directions →33 Kirkland St
The nearest neighbor is Sociology Department, 1 min walk away.
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Address
33 Kirkland St
Hours
Not set
Phone
(617) 495-3801
Website
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu
Status
Open
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.