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Old Saint John Nepomocene Cemetery, Wrought Iron Cross Site

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Nearest city
  
Orrin, North Dakota

NRHP Reference #
  
89001683

Area
  
less than one acre

Added to NRHP
  
October 23, 1989

Old Saint John Nepomocene Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site

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