William Sidney Porter House roof and the replacement of four brick chimneys lost in 1934. It is the site of the annual O. Henry Pun-Off, a spoken pun competition. The event is traditionally held the first weekend in May. William Sidney Porter House The William Sidney Porter House or O. Henry House is a historic structure in Downtown Austin, Texas. William Sidney 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. The cottage
William Dwight Porter Bliss William Dwight Porter Bliss William Dwight Porter Bliss (August 20, 1856 – October 8, 1926) was an American Christian socialist writer, editor, and activist, as well as a pioneer historian of the world socialist movement. William Dwight Porter Bliss was born in Constantinople, Turkey on August 20, 1856, the son of Christian missionaries there. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover and the Hartford Theological Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. Following his graduation in 1882, Bliss was ordained a Congregationalist minister. On June 16, 1886 he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church, and became a priest on June 8,