It’s rare that a business hits the century mark, especially those that are family-owned. Competition, economic squabbles and government regulations take their toll over time.

Not in Gurnee, where McClure’s Garage celebrates not 100 years in business this month, but 115 years.

It’s an achievement few other companies can match. Through two world wars, the Great Depression and several recessions, the bright white cinder-block building built in 1910 by Gurnee pioneer Rowley McClure has stood the test of time.

Indeed, the building and business have outlasted other firms that once called Gurnee their home and flourished. You get that sense of history inside the building.

Like others who were early mechanics, Rowley McClure, born in Gurnee in 1889, was also a blacksmith. His legacy is that Mc

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