The Katherine Anne Porter House is a historic house located in

Kyle, Texas Kyle is a city in Hays County, Texas, United States. Its population grew from 28,016 in 2010 to 45,697 in 2020, making Kyle one of the fastest-growing cities in Texas. Geography Kyle is located in eastern Hays County at (29.989080, –97.875947 ...

. It was built in 1890 and added to the

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in 2004. The house is the childhood home of writer

Katherine Anne Porter Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. Her 1962 novel '' Ship of Fools'' was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her sh ...

. It was restored and turned into a short-lived museum at the instigation of Tom Grimes, then-director of the

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program. The house is now home to the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, which hosts readings from the Porter collections at the

Wittliff collections The Wittliff Collections, located on the seventh floor of the Albert B. Alkek Library at Texas State University, was founded by William D. Wittliff in 1987. The Wittliff Collections include the Southwestern Writers Collection and the Southwester ...

, located on the seventh floor of the Albert B. Alkek Library at

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. The Center is open to visitors by appointment.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Houses completed in 1890 Houses in Hays County, Texas Tourist attractions in Hays County, Texas Literary museums in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Hays County, Texas {{Texas-NRHP-stub

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