Smoot, Richmond Kelley, House
historic place
The Smoot, Richmond Kelley, House is a historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Built in 1877 with bricks handmade on Barton Creek, it was the home of Richmond Kelley Smoot, Pastor of the First Southern Presbyterian Church. In 1882, the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary was founded here. The house also hosted the 1889 wedding of writer William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, and Athol Estes. This site was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965, the year its historical marker was erected. The Smoot, Richmond Kelley, House is significant for its architectural history and its connections to Austin's religious and literary past.