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St Mark's Church owes its origins to an investigation following a cholera epidemic into the poverty and poor living conditions of the people of the Hallsville neighbourhood (now part of Canning Town). The Rev. H. Douglas appealed in 'The Times' in 1859 and 1860 for funds and as a result St Marks was built during 1861 and 1862 on a site given by the Dock Company. Designed by the Victorian architect S. S. Teulon, it is one of only three London churches built by him. Writing in 1966 in Nairn's London, Ian Nairn had this to say about St Mark's: