Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Maurice E. Kressly (1892 1963) was an American architect practicing in Pennsylvania and central Florida in the middle years of the twentieth century. Kressly was well known as a school architect in both states, as well as for designing romantic Mediterranean Revival and Tudor Revival residences in the Orlando area. While his name appears spelled both Kressly and Kressley in contemporary texts, the proper spelling is without the second e . Maurice Elias Kressly was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on October 11, 1892, the son of James and Lucinda A. (Martz) Kressly. He was one of a family of six children, five boys and one girl. They grew up in the family home at 100 Hanover Street, Wilkes-Barre. Maurice s father James was a carpenter and contractor. He graduated from high school in his home town in 1910.