Willard Thomas Sears (November 5, 1837 – May 21, 1920) was a prominent New Englandarchitect of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who worked primarily in the Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival styles.
The firm of Sears and Cummings was also capable of designing utilitarian projects and did the design of a number of aqueducts and railroad bridges. They formed a development company which intended to construct an elevated railway in Brooklyn, New York Kings County Elevated Railway but being out of towners were not able to get political co-operation and sold off the design and rights. The executive in charge was Judge Hiram Bond.