Frank Weary

Frank Orlando Weary (1849 – 1921) was an architect based in Akron, Ohio. He joined in the partnership Weary & Kramer with George W. Kramer. Weary designed the Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton, Ohio in Second Empire style, which was recognized by listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. He also designed the Akron Public Library, a Carnegie library, also listed on the National Register. His brother Edwin D. Weary was also an architect, known for designing bank buildings in Chicago and partnering with W. H. Alford at Weary and Alford.

Biography Weary was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in 1849 and moved with his family to Akron in 1851. Simon B. Weary, a carpenter and then wood product company owner, was his father.

Weary & Kramer Weary partnered with George W. Kramer to form the firm Weary and Kramer, which also produced several NRHP listed buildings.

Works Akron Public Library, 69 East Market Street in Akron, Ohio NRHP listed at 102 S. High St. & 52-58 E. Mill St. in Akron, NRHP listed Selle Gear Company, 451 S. High Streer in Akron, NRHP listed Residence of A and M. J. Allen (1878) in Akron Akron Rural Cemetery Buildings at 150 Glendale Avenue in Akron Weary, NRHP listed Glendale Cemetery Memorial Chapel Soldiers lodge and memorial chapel Akron Savings Bank building Beacon Block at Main Street and Mill Street Central High School (Akron, Ohio) Soldiers Memorial in Akron

Weary and Kramer (with attribution) Hancock County Courthouse in Courthouse Square, Findlay, Ohio, NRHP-listed Andrews United Methodist Church at 95 Richmond Street in Brooklyn, New York (Kramer & Weary), NRHP-listed First United Methodist Church (Birmingham, Alabama), 6th Ave. and 19th St., N. Baptist Temple at 360 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn, New York, NRHP-listed One or more works in Findlay Downtown Historic District, Findlay, Ohio (Weary & Kramer), NRHP-listed