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
William Dwight Porter Bliss French and Belgian soldiers interned in Switzerland. After the War, Bliss returned to the United States and preached in New York City until his death in that city on October 8, 1926. Bliss is honored together with Richard Theodore Ely with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on October 8. William Dwight Porter Bliss William Dwight Porter Bliss (August 20, 1856 – October 8, 1926) was an American Christian socialist writer, editor, and activist, as well as a pioneer historian of the world socialist movement. William Dwight Porter Bliss was born in Constantinople, Turkey