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
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