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The '''East Maine Conference Seminary''' was a [[Methodism|Methodist]] [[seminary]] and preparatory school in [[Bucksport, Maine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, ca. 1910 |url=https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/13811 |website=Maine Memory Network |accessdate=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Located on Wilson Street in Bucksport, it educated students from 1848 to 1933.<ref name="www2.umaine.edu">{{Cite web |url=http://www2.umaine.edu/ithcra/Ithcra/Bucksport/Bucksport_History.html |title=Nicole K. Staples, "Bucksport, Maine History" |access-date=April 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414214252/http://www2.umaine.edu/ithcra/Ithcra/Bucksport/Bucksport_History.html |archive-date=April 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> A building built and used by EMCS, [[Wilson Hall (Bucksport, Maine)|Wilson Hall]], is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
==Notable alumni==
* [[Edville Gerhardt Abbott]], American orthopedic surgeon and orthotist (Class of 1889)
* [[Jeremiah E. Burke]], Superintendent of schools in [[Boston]] and [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]] (class of 1886)
* [[Clarence M. Condon]], United States Army Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine–American War
* [[Frank Fellows (politician)|Frank Fellows]], U.S. Representative from Maine serving from 1941 to 1951
* [[Frank E. Guernsey]], U.S. Representative from Maine
* [[DeForest H. Perkins]], Public School Superintendent and [[Grand Dragon]] of the Maine Ku Klux Klan
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