If Walls Could Talk
Second-Empire House
S4 • E8 Jul 12, 2004 30m
First, a St. Louis, Missouri, family restores a French Second-Empire home to reveal historical carvings in the mantels that provide historical connections to a prominent jeweler who once lived there. Next, a Petersburg, Virginia, couple digs up amazing Civil War memorabilia when they explore the primitive corners of the basement in their 18th-century home. Then, a Mississippi couple trace their home's unusual architecture to the well-known inventor who built it.