0ld Gleaner factory in Independence address?

After poking around on Google, it comes up with 627 So Cottage, Independence, Mo.  The picture for that address doesn't look like it could have been an assembly plant?  Then again, maybe it's just one building in a complex and it's hard to say if it's all still there.  Good Luck.

AC never owned the site I was told many years ago. It was LEASED from the Moorman Church.

I'll begin this with a disclaimer because I may be wrong.  The Mormon Church of Independence is  not the Mormon Church of Salt Lake City.  The Church in Independence is the RLDS-Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints now know as Community of Christ.  It is a spin-off from the LDS (Latter Day Saints of Salt Lake)  Their world HQ is in Independence and they have considerable real estate holdings there and wield a lot of influence in the town.  So it's quite possible they did own the property. So this is just a guess on my part wanting to try and clarify the matter.  We do have Mormon churches in the area but their land holdings are probably limited.  Don't ask me about the religious differences.  Anyone know when Gleaner first came to Independence? 

In the part of town it was in it was getting pretty difficult getting out of there with a loaded truck. Narrow streets, low overpasses. A fair distance to the interstate. Knew a driver that really didn't like going in there to pick up a combine at Independence. Yeah remember the industrial park sign. Just down the hill from Harry Truman house.

Dennis J OPKs wrote: I'll begin this with a disclaimer because I may be wrong.  The Mormon Church of Independence is  not the Mormon Church of Salt Lake City.  The Church in Independence is the RLDS-Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints now know as Community of Christ.  It is a spin-off from the LDS (Latter Day Saints of Salt Lake)  Their world HQ is in Independence and they have considerable real estate holdings there and wield a lot of influence in the town.  So it's quite possible they did own the property. So this is just a guess on my part wanting to try and clarify the matter.  We do have Mormon churches in the area but their land holdings are probably limited.  Don't ask me about the religious differences.  Anyone know when Gleaner first came to Independence?

You are right about the church. It is not the same group as the Mormans in Salt Lake City. They were the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They have recanted some of Joseph Smith's teachings and renamed themselves Commuity of Christ Church. And yes their headquarters are there in Independence, Mo.

Back in high school days, when I was in FFA, during the National Convention in Kansas City, we got the tour of the factory. That was back in the days of making the "N" series combines.

Thanks DougG for sharing photos. The photo of the white-washed “gleaner combines” building reminds me of Norm’s book talking about the research of the rotory development where testing involved a Gleaner G combine setup with two GM350 v8s. One v8 powered the test rotor mounted out front like a header.