Cavities have been shown to produce and enhance quantum states in photosynthetic bacteria and organic molecules such as Bodipy. We focused on searching for quantum effects without placing the LHC in a cavity. This work highlights some of the challenges involved with producing artificial LHCs analogous to those found in nature. In the case of the LHC studied in this work, the pillar structure required to place the chromophore units in close proximity resulted in a reduction in absorbance by approximately 40%, which was attributed to hypochromicity due to electronic interactions between the conjugated 𝜋systems of the chromophores and the pillar. While extending the linkages with non-conjugated units may avoid this issue, the additional geometric flexibility would likely be unfavourable for facilitating stronger coupling between the chromophore units required for coherent energy transport through the system. On the other hand, it is positive to note that other optical properties of the chromophore, such as the absorption spectrum and excited-state lifetime, were effectively unchanged due to the tethering to the pillar structure. This indicates that the properties of an artificial LHC can be engineered primarily through the selection of the chromophore units, with the linkages and backbone playing predominantly only a structural role.