Situated on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, the Harper house exemplifies Wright's characteristics in the use of broad, sweeping, horizontal rooflines; the richness of the textural interplay of brick, cypress wood, and glass; the placement of the prominent chimney so that it acts as the hub around which the rooms are distributed; and the abundant use of glass to effect a welcome relationship between the exterior and the interior.
Kathryn Bishop Eckert, "Ina Moriss Harper House", [St. Joseph, Michigan], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MI-01-BE3.
Buildings of Michigan, Kathryn Bishop Eckert. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 229-229.
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