American architect
Frank Orlando Weary (1849 – 1921) was an architect based in Akron, Ohio. He joined in the partnership Weary &amp; 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 (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 American Civil War. 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 &amp; Kramer.
Weary partnered with George W. Kramer to form the firm Weary and Kramer, which also produced several NRHP listed buildings.
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