Born on January 18, 1864, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Will Weeks was one of four children born to Richard and Margaret Weeks. He had a brother, Hammond, and two sisters, Ida and Jean. Richard Weeks was a proficient builder and designer. He was to continue in this work after the family moved to Denver, Colorado. Will attended school at the Brinker Academy in Denver, a day and boarding institution for males and females operating from 1880 to 1889. The family moved a good deal, from Denver to Wichita to Tacoma, before settling in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. In 1891 he married Maggie Haymaker of Charlestown, Indiana.

Will's first project in the Watsonville area was the Christian Church where he was an active member for nearly his entire life. The first residence he is known to have designed was the Judge Julius Lee home on what is now known as East Beach Street. These buildings served as the basis for a stunning architectural career. Santa Cruz County was abundantly blessed by his quality designs and noted structures include the Casino at the Boardwalk and the Resetar and Palomar Hotels. He was responsible for no less than 91 homes or remodeling designs in the Pajaro Valley alone, many for the wealthy and prominent Watsonville pioneer families. Banks, libraries, civic buildings, hotels, schools and homes up and down the State bear his design expertise. A huge percentage of them endure to this day despite changing tastes, fires and earthquakes, a testimony to his skill.

His life and career came to a close on April 30, 1936 when the complications of a prior heart attack caused his death.

His strikingly artistic designs spanning the decades from elegant Queen Annes to idealized Tudors to the clean-lined, tile-roofed Mediterraneans and Mission Revivals, all tasteful and functional, are his legacy for the generations.