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 D. Porter William D. Porter William David Porter (10 March 1808 – 1 May 1864) was a flag officer of the United States Navy. He was the son of Commodore David Porter (1780–1843) and brother of Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813–1891) as well as foster brother of Admiral David Farragut (1801–1870). Porter was born on 10 March 1808 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He spent much of his childhood in Chester, Pennsylvania. After an early and unsuccessful attempt to stow away on his uncle John Porter's, ship-of-the-line , he signed on "Franklin" at the age of 12. Porter was appointed a midshipman on