Willard C. Kruger

Willard Carl Kruger (1910–1984) was an American architect born in Sperry, Texas, who grew up in Raton, New Mexico. He founded W. C. Kruger and Associates, which was an American architectural and engineering firm, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The firm worked mostly in New Mexico, and designed a number of Los Alamos buildings, as part of the Manhattan Project. Kruger headed the New Mexico state's group of architects within the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) New Deal agency, in Santa Fe.

He was several times later misidentified as "William C. Kruger".

Notable works A number of works by Kruger or his firm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as noted. Clayton High School and Junior High School (1935–41), Clayton, New Mexico, NRHP-listed Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children (1937), Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, NRHP-listed Clayton Public Library (1939), Clayton, New Mexico, NRHP-listed Columbian School (1939), Raton, New Mexico, NRHP-listed Los Alamos United States Post Office (1948), Los Alamos, NRHP-listed Longfellow School (1939), Raton, New Mexico, NRHP-listed Raton Junior-Senior High School (1939), Raton, New Mexico, NRHP-listed Las Vegas Municipal Building (1940), Las Vegas, New Mexico, NRHP-listed Old New Mexico State Capitol expansion and remodeling (1949–1952), Santa Fe, New Mexico, NRHP-listed Tierra Amarilla Air Force Station (1950–52), near Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, NRHP-listed New Mexico Bank & Trust Building (1961), Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico State Capitol (1966), Santa Fe, New Mexico University of New Mexico Humanities Building (1974), Albuquerque, New Mexico