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Abstract The development of large pore single‐crystalline covalently linked organic frameworks is critical in revealing the detailed structure‐property relationship with substrates. One emergent approach is to photo‐crosslink hydrogen‐bonded molecular crystals. Introducing complementary hydrogen‐bonded carboxylic acid building blocks is promising to construct large pore networks, but these molecules often form interpenetrated networks or non‐porous solids. Herein, we introduced heteromeric carboxylic acid dimers to construct a non‐interpenetrated molecular crystal. Crosslinking this crystal precursor with dithiols afforded a large pore single‐crystalline hydrogen‐bonded crosslinked organic framework H_COF‐101. X‐ray diffraction analysis revealed H_COF‐101 as an interlayer connected hexagonal network, which possesses flexible linkages and large porous channels to host a hydrazone photoswitch. Multicycle Z/E‐isomerization of the hydrazone took place reversibly within H_COF‐101, showcasing the potential use of H_COF‐101 for optical information storage.