Frank A. and Rae E. Harris Kramer House

Frank Kramer was a Russian Jewish immigrant who settled in Gaylord^[3] and began a clothing and dry goods business known as "Kramer’s Busy Big Store."^[4] He and his wife Rae were prominent local citizens in Gaylord.^[2] Frank Kramer was a school board member, was active in fraternal organizations, and was one of the organizers of the Gaylord State Savings Bank in 1893. Rae Harris Kramer was a member of the Red Cross and the Otsego County Board, among other organizations.^[2] In 1896, the couple built this house for their own use.^[3]

Frank Kramer died in 1928 at the age of 72, and Rae Kramer died in 1960 at the age of 92.^[2] The house was completely restored by the current owners.^[5]

The Frank and Rae Kramer House is a 5-bedroom,^[3] 2+1⁄2-story wood frame Queen Anne structure on a concrete foundation. It is covered with clapboard to the second-story line, above which it is clad with a variety of decorative shingling. It has a steeply pitched cross-gable roof, and multiple decorative bracketry. A wide porch wraps around two facades.^[2]

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  Frank A. Kramer, ca. 1905
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  Frank A. Kramer House, ca. 1905