Frank Orlando Weary (1849 – 1921) was an architect based in

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.Well-Known Architect and Civil War Veteran Passes Away After Week's Illness
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'', April 4, 1921, Mon, Page 1 He joined in the partnership Weary & Kramer with

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. Weary designed the Carroll County Courthouse in

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in Second Empire style, which was recognized by listing on the

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in 1974. He also designed the

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(1904), 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. From 1863, Weary served as a drummer boy in the Union Army during the

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. He married Jennie Wise in 1881. They had four children. Weary designed the Selle Wagon and Wheel Company building that became part of Selle Gear Works, Akron-Selle, and is now the home of Ohio Brewing Company.

Weary & Kramer

Weary partnered with

to form the firm Weary and Kramer, which also produced several NRHP listed buildings.

Works

, 69 East Market Street in Akron, Ohio NRHP listed *

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at Courthouse Square in

, NRHP listed * First Methodist Episcopal Church, 120 Cleveland Ave., SW

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, NRHP listed Selle Generator Works in Downtown Akron

* The Gothic Building (1902) 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) *

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in Courthouse Square, Findlay, Ohio, NRHP-listed * Andrews United Methodist Church at 95 Richmond Street in

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(Kramer & Weary), NRHP-listed * First United Methodist Church (Birmingham, Alabama), 6th Ave. and 19th St., N. *

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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

References

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