O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio) 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 settler in 1855. The house, built in adobe brick, was originally located at 904 South Presa street. In the early 1880s, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry moved to San Antonio and rented the two room house for $6 a month. Porter
William Field Porter England). He abandoned the settlement in 1840. Although Porter’s tenure in Port Lincoln only lasted 18 months, he had, nevertheless, been appointed the first Magistrate of the Eyre Peninsula and his family left its name at 'Porter Bay'. In May 1841, Porter arrived in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. He built a house and store on Auckland's waterfront and commenced trading from there with stock brought on the "Porter". He also invested in land in and around Auckland and bought interests in land claims from before 1840. Later he developed a farm at [[Kohimarama]]. In 1841 Governor [[William Hobson|Willam Hobson]] appointed Porter