Gaar, Scott & Co.

Gaar, Scott & Co., was an American threshing machine and steam traction engine builder founded in 1849[1] and based in Richmond, Indiana.

The company built simple and compound engines in sizes from 10 to 50 horsepower.

In the Fall of 1869, A. Gaar & Co. won "Best Portable Farm Steam Engine" and "Best Eight Horse Power" at the 17th Illinois State Fair, for which it won two Silver Medal prizes.

[2] It merged with the M. Rumley Co. in 1911[3] during a purchasing frenzy that put the later firm into insolvency.

[4] The Gaar-Scott office building, designed by noted architect John A. Hasecoster, still stands in Richmond and is the headquarters of Richmond Baking, a large commercial baker.