Fry Hall was built in 1951 as the Optometry Building and still serves as such. The name was changed to Fry Hall after Glenn Ansel Fry in 1983. The building has had one addition.

Glenn Ansel Fry (1908-1996) received an AB degree from Davidson College in 1929, and a MS and PhD from Duke University in 1933. Fry became director of the OSU College of Optometry in 1937 and remained here as a professor and major leader in the optometry program until 1966.