East Maine Conference Seminary

The East Maine Conference Seminary was a Methodist seminary and preparatory school in Bucksport, Maine.[1] Located on Wilson Street in Bucksport, it educated students from 1848 to 1933.[2] A building built and used by EMCS, Wilson Hall, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Notable alumni

  • Edville Gerhardt Abbott, American orthopedic surgeon and orthotist (Class of 1889)
  • Clarence M. Condon, United States Army Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine–American War
  • Frank Fellows, U.S. Representative from Maine serving from (1941-1951)
  • DeForest H. Perkins, Public School Superintendent and Grand Dragon of the Maine Ku Klux Klan

References

  1. "East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, ca. 1910". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. "Nicole K. Staples, "Bucksport, Maine History"". Archived from the original on April 14, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2008.

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