Okla-homey
3/28/2007, 07:14 AM
I got this in an email from the owner of Trademark Properties, the SC real estate firm made famous by the "Flip This House" reality TV series. I guess Richard believes, "If he builds it, they will come." ;)
http://tlc.discovery.com/tvlistings/episode.jsp?episode=0&cpi=55525&gid=0&channel=TLC
Film brings home Shoeless Joe story
Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 10:10 am
By Donna Isbell Walker
ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
[email protected]
CHARLESTON -- Shoeless Joe Jackson's Greenville home had its moment in the red-carpet spotlight Monday night at a gala event in Charleston, as a documentary detailing its renovation made its debut.
"A Home Run for Trademark," which premieres Saturday night on the TLC cable network, showcases the story of how Richard C. Davis, a Charleston real estate executive, purchased Jackson's run-down house on Greenville's Westside. It also tells how he renovated it and relocated it to serve as a museum dedicated to the Chicago White Sox player, who was banned from baseball as the result of a 1919 scandal.
The black-tie gala at Charleston's Riviera Theatre was the culmination of Davis' "passion project," a drive to restore Jackson's home that began two years ago when his 8-year-old son, Lyles, asked about the legacy of Jackson after attending a White Sox game and hearing the story of the baseball great whose reputation was tarnished by the scandal.
Davis learned that the small brick house was still standing, and he purchased the home and relocated it to the vicinity of the Greenville Drive's new West End Field.
But as the film shows, he had many hurdles to overcome, including the need to cut the house in two in order to move it.
The project, as well as Jackson's story, is one of "redemption and perseverence," Davis said, and also one of teamwork, necessitating the cooperation of Greenville city officials and real-estate executives from Greenville and Charleston, who worked together in order to make Davis' dream a reality.
Davis said the film tells a "South Carolina story."
http://tlc.discovery.com/tvlistings/episode.jsp?episode=0&cpi=55525&gid=0&channel=TLC
Film brings home Shoeless Joe story
Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 10:10 am
By Donna Isbell Walker
ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
[email protected]
CHARLESTON -- Shoeless Joe Jackson's Greenville home had its moment in the red-carpet spotlight Monday night at a gala event in Charleston, as a documentary detailing its renovation made its debut.
"A Home Run for Trademark," which premieres Saturday night on the TLC cable network, showcases the story of how Richard C. Davis, a Charleston real estate executive, purchased Jackson's run-down house on Greenville's Westside. It also tells how he renovated it and relocated it to serve as a museum dedicated to the Chicago White Sox player, who was banned from baseball as the result of a 1919 scandal.
The black-tie gala at Charleston's Riviera Theatre was the culmination of Davis' "passion project," a drive to restore Jackson's home that began two years ago when his 8-year-old son, Lyles, asked about the legacy of Jackson after attending a White Sox game and hearing the story of the baseball great whose reputation was tarnished by the scandal.
Davis learned that the small brick house was still standing, and he purchased the home and relocated it to the vicinity of the Greenville Drive's new West End Field.
But as the film shows, he had many hurdles to overcome, including the need to cut the house in two in order to move it.
The project, as well as Jackson's story, is one of "redemption and perseverence," Davis said, and also one of teamwork, necessitating the cooperation of Greenville city officials and real-estate executives from Greenville and Charleston, who worked together in order to make Davis' dream a reality.
Davis said the film tells a "South Carolina story."