Home and Garden Television is seeking historic homes with intriguing pasts to be featured in one of its most popular shows.
“If Walls Could Talk,” a long-running hit series on Home and Garden Television (HGTV), features homeowners who have made amazing discoveries about their homes while renovating them. The show is looking for people with private homes in the New Jersey area to be showcased in its upcoming season, according to Keri Grogan, the research coordinator for the show.
The series premiered in 1998 and has aired more than 150 episodes and visited all 50 states since, according to Grogan’s press release.
“This fall,” the press release states, “our exciting season kicks off with a new host, a fresh look and engaging homeowners who make surprising historical discoveries about their homes as they research and restore them.”
Believing that “every home has a history,” each half-hour episode features four houses across the country where homeowners have made amazing discoveries, according to the press release.
Recent stories on the show included a Texas couple who uncovered an initialed powder horn in their 1870 stone house, which ultimately connected their property to the legendary Davy Crockett, according to the release.
Another episode depicted a California homeowner who found a box of negatives in his 1912 bungalow. The negatives told the tale of a Hollywood photographer and 1930s film stars, the release said.
The show also featured a Massachusetts log house from the 1600s that revealed one family’s 300-year-old history on the property, after the home’s current owner discovered a 17th-century document box and cobbler’s bench complete with tools, according to the release.
The show is currently shooting 65 additional episodes in high definition, the release said.
The series is produced for HGTV by High Noon Entertainment, of Denver. The company produces several series for HGTV including “Designer Finals,” “Generation Renovation” and “Dream Drives,” according to the press release.
Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., HGTV is distributed to more than 87 million households in the United States, according to the press release.
Those who are energetic historic homeowners, or who know of any individuals who have found items in their homes that have interesting stories behind them, should contact Keri Grogan as soon as possible at (303) 712-3110 or at [email protected].