Darragh, Pennsylvania - 15625 - U.S. Post Offices on Waymarking.com

The Darragh Post Office was established in 1892.

The town of Darragh is composed of a T-shaped row of approximately twenty coal company built houses, a company store, and a church.
The coal company store is a large two-and-one-half-story wood-frame building presently covered with aluminum siding. Measuring 108 feet x 58 feet and containing a hipped roof and a concrete-block foundation, the building retains some of its original multi-light double-hung sash windows with architraves and molded lintels. It has been converted into a residence. The original storefront remains, though it was covered as part of a porch enclosure, and the main entrance retains its large double doors and its multi-light transom.

Typical of early twentieth-century wood-frame residences found in the region's coal mining towns, the coal company-built dwellings are both single-family and double houses. Two larger wood-frame two-story houses remain from Boss's Row,located off PA Rt.136.

The church is a wood frame building with wood siding, a gable roof, and a steeple.

Darragh was originally called New Madison, the town of Darragh was established in 1890 by the Madison Gas Coal Coal Company of Greensburg, PA. This coal company was led by Thomas Donohoe, who was also head of the Alexandria Coal Company, which operated the Alexandria Mine at Goff, Salem Township.
In 1890 the Madison Gas Coal Company opened the drift-entry Madison Mine and constructed ten double houses and a coal tipple in New Madison. They renamed the town Darragh.

The Madison Mine and town were served by the Hempfield Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, off of the Southwest Pennsylvania Branch from Greensburg, PA.

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Retail Hours
Mon-Fri 8:00am - 12:00pm
Sat 8:00am - 11:45am
Sun Closed

Last Collection Hours
Mon-Fri 4:45pm
Sat 11:45pm
Sun Closed

Lobby Hours
Mon-Fri 8:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 8:00am - 12:00pm
Sun Closed

PO Box Access Hours
Mon-Fri 8:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 8:00am - 12:00pm
Sun Closed

Type of structure:: Stand Alone re-enter Zip Code here:: 15625 Current Status:: Still in Use

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