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Wrought iron cross sites of Holy Trinity Cemetery

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Area
  
less than one acre

Added to NRHP
  
23 October 1989

Year built
  
1912 (Site C)

Nearest city
  
Strasburg

Built by
  
Schneider,Deport; Schneider,Jake (Site A) Marquardt,Simon; Schmidt,Michael (Site B)

Architectural style
  
Wrought-iron cross, Other

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

NRHP Reference #
  
89001692, 89001693, 89001694, 89001695

Four historic sites within the Holy Trinity Cemetery near Strasburg, North Dakota, United States, identified as Holy Trinity Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site A, as Holy Trinity Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site B, and likewise for Site C and Site D, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. They include wrought-iron crosses. The listing for Site A included 9 contributing objects and work by Deport Schneider and Jake Schneider. The listing for Site B included 3 contributing objects and work by Simon Marquardt and Michael Schmidt. Site C included just one contributing object, dating from 1912. Site D included just one.

Tibertius ("Deport") Schneider (1877-1941), of Emmons County, Simon Marquardt, of Zeeland and Michael Schmidt, of Hague, were among 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."

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Wrought-iron cross sites of Holy Trinity Cemetery Wikipedia