[2][3][4] Franklin was also the founding president of Swift Memorial Junior College in Rogersville, with which the church was closely associated.

[5] Swift students and faculty were required to attend worship at St. Marks twice each week.

[2] The church building is located at the junction of N. Hassen and W. Kyle Streets in Rogersville.

[2] With dwindling membership, the St. Marks congregation stopped holding regular worship services in 2000 and dissolved in 2002.

[4][2] Its building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 for its importance to the local African-American community and as a "fine example of 20th-century Shingle Style architecture".