Cross - Ornate - St. George Cemetery - Hermann, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.324 W 091° 26.769
15S E 635110 N 4285231
Yes a cross, yes a tombstone...but this is a work of art....
Waymark Code: WM131PR
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2020
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County of art: Gasconade County
Location of art: W. 4th St., St. George Catholic Cemetery, Hermann
This very ornate cross, and tombstone was hand made, and very skilled choice of iron, wrought iron and steel...
There is no artist name, there is no resident's name...no any dates or any other information on the cross.
Talking with the sexton down the street at the church, he said there were a couple home-made tombstones ..all with out names or dates, and they think they were all from the early 1800's.
"The first Roman Catholic cemeteries in the area used wooden and wrought iron crosses. Local blacksmiths made the iron crosses, a generations-old tradition brought here by the Germans." ~ Hermann Hill Three Mile Tour