This large, well-preserved brick house proves that agricultural profits in the Lost River Valley, if not quite as abundant as those in the South
An impressive bank barn, built c. 1845 by an earlier generation of Harpers, stands south of the house at the end of the lawn. Its vertically sided second floor overhangs the first story on front and sides. The barn houses a crafts cooperative shop and museum.
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