The Emerald House at Mahanoy City, PA | 1870s

Inside an alleged Molly Maguires gathering place at Mahanoy City. Allan Pinkerton's detective agency described it room by room - the bar, the dining hall, the upstairs meeting room where a murder was allegedly planned. The Emerald House at Mahanoy City still stands today at 324 West Centre Street. Read the story and more about the Molly Maguires.