St. Aloysius Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site A St. Aloysius Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site B | |
Builder: | Simon Marquardt (Site B) |
Architecture: | Wrought-iron cross |
Added: | October 23, 1989 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 89001696, 89001697 |
Two historic sites within the St. Aloysius Cemetery near Strasburg, North Dakota, United States, identified as St. Aloysius Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site A and St. Aloysius Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site B were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. They include wrought-iron crosses. The listing for Site A included 22 contributing objects. The listing for Site B includes just one contributing object, which is work by Simon Marquardt.
Simon Marquardt, of Zeeland, North Dakota, was one of a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota [who] developed their own cross styles and [whose] work was known for miles around them."[1]