Why I made this site
People often say that nothing disappears from the internet. I have come to think the opposite can be true. In the constant flow of new information, older stories quietly become harder to find. Pages vanish, familiar names slip out of view, and places that once mattered begin to lose their record.
I created this site as a memorial to St. Mark’s and the community that gathered here. I have personal reasons for feeling connected to this parish from many years ago. I prefer to keep those reasons private, but the connection is real and lasting.
I am fortunate to be able to keep this domain renewed for years to come. Preserving a little of this history feels like a worthwhile use of that opportunity. If you find something here that helps you remember, learn or simply pause for a moment, I am glad it is here for you.
With thanks
I also have a few sponsors who generously help me maintain this and other small places of memory online. Their continued support makes this work easier, and I am grateful to them.
How this history is written
This is an independent memorial, not the official website of an active parish, the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina or the organisations now using the former church site. St. Mark’s held its final service on 24 April 2022.[8]
The accounts here are newly written from the former parish’s own history, diocesan records and other identified sources. They are not invented eyewitness memories. Where a source is personal, retrospective or incomplete, the text identifies that limitation. Disagreements between records are left visible.
The pencil-style illustration was created with generative image tools from a generated view informed by photographs of the building. It is an illustration, not a historical photograph or an exact architectural survey. Historical photographs collected during research are not displayed as site illustrations.
No visitor accounts, comments or donation collection are operated here. The site uses no analytics, advertising scripts or tracking cookies. External source links open third-party websites with their own policies.