Sacred Heart Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site

Address Restricted, Linton, North Dakota. County/parish: Emmons.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 23, 1989. NRIS 89001691.

1 contributing site. 4 contributing objects.

Also known as:

  • 32EM300
  • Rosenthal

From Wikipedia:

Sacred Heart Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site

The Sacred Heart Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, near Linton, 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 four 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.": 13 

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