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Old St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought Iron Cross Site

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
89001679

Nearest city
  
Hague

Built by
  
Multiple

Added to NRHP
  
23 October 1989

Architectural style
  
Wrought-iron cross, Other

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

The Old St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site near Hague, North Dakota, United States, is a historic site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It includes wrought-iron crosses. The listing included 55 contributing objects.

The National Register database listing for this site does not identify any specific blacksmith whose work is present here. However there were 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 St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site Wikipedia