Stearns-Knight

F. B. Stearns Company
Company typeAutomobile Manufacturing
IndustryAutomotive
GenreLuxury and sports cars
Founded1898 (F. B. Stearns & Co.)
FounderFrank Ballou Stearns
Raymond M. Owen
Ralph L. Owen
Defunct1929
FateSold to J.N. Willys in 1925
Headquarters,
Area served
United States
Key people
F. B. Stearns
F. M. Stearns
R. M. Owen
R. L. Owen
G. W. Booker
J.N. Willys
H. J. Leonard
J. F. Trumble
Barney Oldfield
ProductsAutomobiles
Automotive parts
Production output
43,559 (1900-1929)
Footnotes / references
Pioneer in sleeve-valve engines

Stearns-Knight was an American manufacturer of luxury cars in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1911 until 1929. It was founded as B. Stearns and Company, later known as F. B. Stearns Company, and marketed under the brand names Stearns from 1900 to 1911.