{"nrhp_refnum":"79002289","name":"Linden Grove Pavilion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Linden and S. Main Sts","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coopersburg","county":"Lehigh County","state":"PA","lat":40.50498334700006,"lon":-75.39263753199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story rectangular exercise and sale pavilion on the former Cooper farm outside Coopersburg in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, built around 1900. It was used for auctions of Jersey cattle and is now used as a storage warehouse for plumbing supplies.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture, a rare example of Queen Anne style adapted to an agriculturally associated use, and for its association with the dairy industry through T. S. Cooper's Jersey cattle business and the annual Decoration Day auctions. It also cites the craftsmanship and structural detailing of the building.","narrative":"Built around 1900 on the farm of Tilghman S. Cooper outside Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, this two and one-half story rectangular pavilion is a rare example of Queen Anne styling applied to an agricultural building. Its hip roof is covered in dark slate and topped by a cupola with a weathervane once shaped like a Jersey bull. Cooper, known as the Jersey Cattle King, sold high-class Jersey cattle, and the annual Decoration Day auction moved to his Lehigh County farm in 1900. The pavilion served as the sale and exercise building, with cattle brought in through a wide rear bay. Buyers from across the United States and abroad attended the sales, which drew thousands of visitors to Coopersburg for more than three decades. The building is valued for its architecture, craftsmanship and its link to the American dairy trade. It has kept its original fabric, though its surroundings have changed with residential expansion along Linden Street and South Main Street.","period_of_significance":"c. 1900","architect_builder":"T.S. Cooper","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a storage warehouse for plumbing supplies and equipment by its owner; windows boarded up; in relatively good repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.527966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002289.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002289/f7557441ef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002289/f7557441ef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"PattiParker","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linden_Grove_Pavilion.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">PattiParker</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linden_Grove_Pavilion.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995150","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Grove_Pavilion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6552308"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lehigh-county/linden-grove-pavilion-79002289/"}