Saint Mark's Chapel is a small, formerly

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chapel located on the grounds of the

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in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. The chapel, along with the rest of the Mordecai plantation, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The chapel is a very popular place for weddings.http://www.downtownraleighnc.org/mordecai

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The

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St. Mark's Chapel was built by

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carpenters in 1847 on the Chatham County plantation of John Haughton. The chapel was moved to

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in 1953 for use by another congregation. Mordecai Historic Park received the chapel in 1979 and it is in use today for weddings, meetings, seminars, and lectures.

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