Kenedybr/ Karnes County, Texasbr/ 28 48.928' N 97 51.087' Wbr/ Directions: Start at the intersection of 5th Street and School Street. Go 1/2 block north on 5th Street. The church is on the right (east) side of the street. 309 S. 5th Street.br/ br/ Historical Marker: Episcopal worship services were held in Kenedy as early as 1899, though the congregation of St. Matthew's was not organized as a mission until 1913, by the Rev. Alfred R. S. Garden. Designed by Frank Corby, this was the only Episcopal church in the county when completed in 1916. The Gothic Revival style structure, in a Latin cross plan, features tall, narrow, pointed-arch windows, fabricated buttresses, and a side entry bay narthex. A crenelated tower was rebuilt with a gabled roof following damage in a 1942 hurricane.