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O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio)

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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 by his pen name O. Henry, who lived in the house in 1885.

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O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio)
Dolorosa Street, San Antonio

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78207 San Antonio
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