St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site A St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site B St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site C | |
Built: | 1921 (Site B) |
Builder: | Schmidt, Michael (Site A, Site B) Keller, Paul (Site C) |
Architecture: | Wrought-iron cross |
Added: | October 23, 1989 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 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[1] 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."[2]