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 Wood Porter William Wood Porter William Wood Porter (September 8, 1826January 17, 1907) was an American military officer and jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1885 until 1889. Porter was born September 8, 1826, in Orange County, Virginia. His parents were George C. and Susan (Wood) Porter. His father owned cotton farms in Tennessee and the family moved there when Porter was an infant. The family moved to Mississippi while Porter was still a child. After studying law, Porter was admitted to the Mississippi bar. In his later years he was described as having a