O. Henry House Museum, Literary museum in San Antonio, United States.
The O. Henry House Museum occupies a restored two-room building made of adobe brick at the corner of Dolorosa and Laredo Street in downtown San Antonio. The house preserves period furnishings and objects from the time when the writer lived there.
German settler John Kush built this house in 1855 as a residence in the growing city. Writer William Sydney Porter rented it in 1885, a period that became important to his literary connection with San Antonio.
The name O. Henry comes from the pen name of author William Sydney Porter, who drew inspiration from his time in San Antonio. The museum shows how this writer captured the city in his stories and reflected its influence on his creative work.
The house stands at the corner of Dolorosa and Laredo Street in downtown San Antonio, a two-room adobe structure entered through a single wooden door. It opened as a museum in 1999 after restoration and holds period furniture and items tied to Porter's life and writings. The rooms are cramped, so a visit takes little time.
The house was built in 1855 at 904 South Presa Street and moved twice: in 1959 the San Antonio Conservation Society bought it for one dollar and relocated it within 60 days, and in 1998 it came to Dolorosa and Laredo Street. Porter paid $6 a month for the two rooms.
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