Maurice E. Kressly (1892–1963) was an American architect practicing in Pennsylvania and central Florida in the middle years of the twentieth century.
[4] Kressly entered the Second Training Company, Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and was commissioned first lieutenant.
[5] Following service during World War I, Kressly took fourth place in an architectural competition to design a community center building to be built of white pine.
[10] Kressly was among no more than a dozen architecture firms active in Orlando in the 1920s, including Ryan and Roberts (Ida Annah Ryan and Isabel Roberts), Frank L. Bodine, Fred E. Field, David Hyer, Murry S. King, George E. Krug, Howard M. Reynolds, Frederick H. Trimble and Percy P.
[11] Each of these architects is notable, and together these firms were supportive colleagues in promoting excellence in the built environment in Florida, as one can learn by reading the links to each.
[14] Typical of Kressly's residential work is the home at 1338 Ivanhoe Boulevard; it was built in about 1936 in the Tudor Revival style.
[15] An example of Kressly's educational buildings is the St James Cathedral School, 505 Ridgewood Street, Orlando, dating to 1928.