The parish’s own brief history
An archived parish account preserved in October 2016. The central source for beginnings, buildings and community life. Some leadership dates differ from diocesan records.
Read source ↗Source catalogue
Parish records and documents
27 sources, including archived parish pages, diocesan records and personal accounts. Notes distinguish documented facts from unresolved details.
Saved documents
Document reproductions
Archived photographs
The parish’s original two-page online gallery includes the entrance, interior and gardens. The pages were preserved in December 1997; the photographs’ dates and photographers are not established.
The links lead to the original archived pages. Photographs are not reproduced on this site.
Source catalogue
27 sources
The diocesan closure announcement
Confirms the closure announcement. Its displayed 2024 date should not be confused with the parish’s 2022 closure.
Read source ↗Christian Social Ministries
A 2013 record of service partnerships and outreach. A historical snapshot, not a current programme list.
Read source ↗Directions to the former parish
An archived address page, including the important N in N New Hope Road.
Read source ↗The early parish photo gallery
A webpage preserved in December 1997. The capture date does not date the photographs.
Read source ↗Gardens in the early photo gallery
Records the Memorial Garden and Covenant Garden names. Links to the archived gallery, not permission to reuse its photographs.
Read source ↗Online services during the pandemic
A surviving 2021 page directing visitors to the parish’s YouTube services.
Read source ↗Diocesan convention journal, 2022
PDF page 142 records the closure request on 6 March and final service on 24 April 2022. PDF page 231 records the end of Fowlkes’s appointment.
Read source ↗South of the Garden, October 2005
Page 2 announces Carter Heyward’s October 2005 lectures. An announcement alone does not establish what took place.
Read source ↗Diocesan announcements, March 2011
A preserved announcement of the March 2011 used-book sale and April seminar.
Read source ↗Protecting the Common Good seminar
The North Carolina Council of Churches’ announcement of its 2011 seminar at St. Mark’s.
Read source ↗Diocesan convention journal, 2017
A diocesan directory naming Tyrone Fowlkes as rector and John Nelson Wall as priest associate.
Read source ↗An Autumn Morning Meditation
Prepared for 15 October 2020, despite the later date displayed on the migrated webpage.
Read source ↗Keith Reeve’s hearing-loop testimony
A first-person account of the hearing-loop installation. No installation year has been established.
Read source ↗Jane Todd Gurry: obituary
A biographical source for Gurry’s life and pioneering diaconal ordination.
Read source ↗Tyrone Fowlkes: art, justice and ministry
A later seminary profile offering context on Fowlkes’s interests and ministry.
Read source ↗Diocesan convention journal, 2016
A record of Ljunggren’s retirement. The precise month differs from the parish’s own history.
Read source ↗Diocesan convention journal, 2021
Contains a memorial to Gurry with tenure dates that conflict with the parish account.
Read source ↗John Wall at NC State University
An institutional source for Wall’s teaching and work in the digital humanities.
Read source ↗A reflection by Rabbi Raachel Jurovics
A personal reflection on Yavneh’s relationship with St. Mark’s.
Read source ↗Thomas Sayre: Cross
The artist’s own account of his Cross series. It is not a verified inventory of the parish’s art.
Read source ↗Gallery CLC in a local arts guide
A 2019 arts listing identifying Gallery CLC at the parish’s correct address.
Read source ↗Jeanne Ann Glass Seaver: family memorial
A family memorial referring to care of the Memorial Garden after the parish closed. Historical donation instructions are not reproduced here.
Read source ↗Mordecai Historic Park, City of Raleigh
Identifies the separate nineteenth-century St. Mark’s Chapel at Mordecai Historic Park. It should not be confused with the New Hope Road parish.
Read source ↗Keith and Carmen Reeve Fund for Outreach
A one-page document prepared in July 2014 describing the fund’s origins and intended use. Its current status is not established.
Read source ↗No sources match. Try another name or topic.
What the archive cannot yet tell us.
The architect’s name, the donor of the first five acres, exact dates for some clergy appointments and the full stories of many parishioners remain unresolved. Archived webpages can be incomplete or temporarily unavailable. A missing download is not proof that a record never existed.
Links may lead to third-party archives. Historical photographs remain with their source pages; their appearance there does not establish permission to republish them.