John Krim was a German-Russian immigrant to the United States who was a master craftsman of wrought-iron funerary crosses. He worked in Pierce County, North Dakota. He was one of a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" that developed their individual cross styles and whose "work was known for miles around them." A number of his works are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. Works include: *One or more works in Old Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, Address Restricted Balta, North Dakota (Krim, John), NRHP-listed *One or more works in

Old Saint John Nepomocene Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site The Old Saint John Nepomocene Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site is a historic site near Orrin, North Dakota that includes wrought-iron crosses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The listing included 62 contributi ...

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Orrin, North Dakota Orrin is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 22 as of the 2010 census. Old Saint John Nepomocene Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site and St. Mathias Cemetery, W ...

(Krim, John), NRHP-listed *One or more works in St. Anselm's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, Address Restricted

Berwick, North Dakota Berwick is a populated place in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. It is the nearest community to St. Anselm's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, or at least was the most salient when that historic site was listed on the National Regis ...

(Krim, John), NRHP-listed *One or more works in

St. Boniface Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site St. Boniface Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site is a cemetery in Benson County, North Dakota, United States, several miles to the East-North East of Selz that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of ...

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Selz, North Dakota Selz is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 40 as of the 2020 census. St. Boniface Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, near Selz, is listed on the National Reg ...

(Krim, John), NRHP-listed *One or more works in St. Mathias Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, Address Restricted

(Krim, John), NRHP-listed

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German-Russian culture in North Dakota People from Pierce County, North Dakota American metalsmiths Year of death missing Year of birth missing {{US-artist-stub