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Old Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Wrought Iron Cross Site

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
89001685

Nearest city
  
Balta

Built by
  
Krim,John

Added to NRHP
  
23 October 1989

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Architectural style
  
Wrought-iron cross, Other

MPS
  
German-Russian Wrought-Iron Cross Sites in Central North Dakota MPS

The Old Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, near Balta, North Dakota, is a historic site of wrought-iron crosses that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The listing included six contributing objects.

It includes work by John Krim, of Pierce County. He was one of a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" who developed individual styles in their crosses and whose "work was known for miles around them."

References

Old Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site Wikipedia