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The William Sydney Porter House or O. Henry House is a historic structure in Downtown Austin, Texas. William Sydney Porter, better known as the author O. Henry, lived there between 1893 and 1895. The Porter house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973. The house is known today as the O. Henry Museum.
William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Civil War. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833–65). William's parents had married on April 20, 1858.
O. Henry House refers to two homes which the author, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry lived. Both of these homes are located in Texas. In Austin, Texas. William Sidney Porter House; In San Antonio, Texas. O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio)
Katherine Ann Porter: Katherine Anne Porter House: 1892–1901 Kyle: Katherine's father moved his family to his mother's house in Kyle after Katherine's mother died in 1892 after giving birth. [72] O. Henry: William Sidney Porter House: 1893–1895 Austin
William Sidney Porter House: William Sidney Porter House: June 18, 1973 : 409 E. 5th S. Austin: 135: Rainey Street Historic District ...
Aug. 12—Katherine Anne Porter was one of the most noted of Texas novelists. Her career spanned decades, and though her output was limited, it had a profound impact on many aspiring writers from ...
William Porter was a local to Austin in the late 1800s and used the pen name O. Henry when writing short stories. Some original O. Henry furniture found in this room and most of the available materials were donated by Judge Trueman E. O'Quinn while other materials were acquired from Jenny Lind Porter, Ethel Hofer, the Maddox family, the Austin ...
The house, built in adobe brick, was originally located at 904 South Presa Street. [3] William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, lived in San Antonio from 1883 to 1885 after being accused of embezzlement at his job at a bank in Austin. [4] In San Antonio, he founded a humorous magazine he named Rolling Stone. [4]