William Sidney Porter House 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 is a simplified version of the Eastlake Style of architecture. The house was built in 1886 and rented between 1893 and 1895 by William Sidney Porter, better known as the author O. Henry. Porter lived
USS William D. Porter (DD-579) Porter" which shot down balloons as well. "Porter", along with the other escort ships, also demonstrated a torpedo drill by simulating a launch at "Iowa". This drill suddenly went awry when a torpedo from mount #2 aboard "William D. Porter" discharged from its tube and headed toward "Iowa". "William D. Porter" attempted to signal "Iowa" about the incoming torpedo but, owing to orders to maintain radio silence, used a signal lamp instead. However, the destroyer first misidentified the direction of the torpedo and then relayed the wrong message, informing "Iowa" that "Porter" was backing up, rather than that a torpedo