O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio) at the corner of Dolorosa and Laredo Street in Downtown San Antonio. It re-opened as a museum in 1999. While living here, Porter wrote several short stories set in San Antonio. These included "Fog in Santone", "The Higher Abdication", and "Hygeia at the Solito". O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio) The O. Henry House Museum is a historic house museum located in San Antonio, Texas. It is named for the American writer, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry who lived in the house in 1885. The O. Henry House museum was initially built by John Kush, a German
William A. Porter William A. Porter William A. Porter was an American businessperson who, along with Bernie Newcomb founded the first electronic stock brokerage, E*TRADE. After the success of E*TRADE, Porter also co-founded International Securities Exchange (ISE) with Marty Averbuch and became (the first) chairman of ISE on his 70th birthday in 1998. Porter was the former chief executive officer, board member, and chairman emeritus of E*TRADE. In 2000, CNN called Porter the "forefather of online trading". Later in his life he donated money to businesses and nonprofits benefiting organic farming, recreation and community building on Kauai's North Shore. He died October 15,