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 H. Porter Porter was educated at Middlebury Academy and the Saratoga High School. Porter helped to fund the creation of the Porter Medical Center in Middlebury, Vermont. William H. Porter William Henry Porter (January 8, 1861 – November 30, 1926) was a prominent banker in New York City. He was born at Middlebury, Vermont, and died in New York City on November 30, 1926. His first banking employment was as a junior clerk in the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, where he stayed for eight years. In 1886, Porter left the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York to become cashier of