Gurnee Grade School at 940 Kilbourne Road. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
The entrance to the now closed Gurnee Grade School located at 940 Kilbourne Road in Gurnee. The school was built in a flood plain and is closed with students attending River Trail School. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Gurnee Grade School located at 940 Kilbourne Road in Gurnee. The school was built in a flood plain and is closed with students attending River Trail School. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
The northeast side of Gurnee Grade School at 940 Kilbourne Road. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
The now-vacant Gurnee Grade School on Kilbourne Road, constructed on a Des Plaines River floodplain in 1954, will be wiped from the scene later this year after the Lake County Board approved a $2.76 million project Tuesday to purchase the land and raze all structures …