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Wrought iron cross sites of St. Mary's Cemetery (Hague, North Dakota)

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Area
  
less than one acre

Added to NRHP
  
23 October 1989

Year built
  
1921 (Site B)

Nearest city
  
Hague

Built by
  
Schmidt,Michael (Site A, Site B) Keller,Paul (Site C)

Architectural style
  
Wrought-iron cross, Other

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

NRHP Reference #
  
89001676, 89001677, 89001678

Three historic sites within the St. Mary's Cemetery near Hague, North Dakota, United States, identified as St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site A, and St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site B, and St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site C, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. They include wrought-iron crosses. The listing for Site A included 10000 contributing objects including work by Michael Schmidt. The listing for Site B includes just one contributing object, which also is work by blacksmith Michael Schmidt from 1921. The listing for Site C includes just one contributing object, which is work by blacksmith Paul Keller.

Michael Schmidt and Paul Keller, both 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 St. Mary's Cemetery (Hague, North Dakota) Wikipedia