DEXTER (AP) -What was once the home of Sen. Owen Brewster, who rose to prominence in Maine politics in the 1920s and was portrayed in the movie “The Aviator,” is going to be featured on a national television program.

Viewers tuning into HGTV’s “If Walls Could Talk” will get an inside look at the Brewster Inn, once the family home of Brewster. The Dexter home was built in 1875 and is now owned by Mark and Judith Stephens.

In the program, the couple will show some of the curious items they have discovered in the house, such as 18 boxes of metal address plates bearing the names of people who were likely Brewster’s supporters.

The walls are covered with photos from Brewster’s years in politics. Among those pictured are Harry S Truman, movie mogul Louis B. Mayer, and Sen. Robert A. Taft, all of whom stayed at the Dexter home while Brewster served in the Senate.

“The history is already known, but finding a 1910 jacket that was Brewster’s … that’s cool you could see his size, his stature,” said Lori Allred, field producer for HGTV.

Another interesting find was a safe built behind a wall that was revealed when Mark Stephens touched a springboard in an adjacent linen cupboard in Brewster’s office. The springboard released a wallboard that enclosed the safe.

Stephens said the program featuring the former Brewster home will be good for Dexter, a Penobscot County town of roughly 4,000 people.

Brewster was first elected to the Maine Legislature before World War I. He returned to the State House and later served in the Senate before he was elected governor in 1925, and than to the U.S. House and Senate. His final Senate term ended in 1953, and Brewster died in 1961. He was buried in Dexter.

Brewster was portrayed in “The Aviator” by Alan Alda. The film about Howard Hughes starred Leonardo DiCaprio.