Nearest city Orrin, North Dakota NRHP Reference # 89001683 | Area less than one acre Added to NRHP October 23, 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 Saint John Nepomocene Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site is a historic site near Orrin, North Dakota that includes wrought-iron crosses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The listing included 62 contributing objects.
No individual specific blacksmith is identified in the National Register database listing for this site, but in other iron cross sites the work can be traced to specific "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 Saint John Nepomocene Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA