School

In 1851, the East Maine Conference Seminary was opened by the Methodist Church as a preperatory school, but closed in 1933 when Bucksport opened its first public secondary school. Wilson Hall sits atop Oak Hill. Given its current state of disrepair (a result of long-term neglect by its current owner) and the Town’s efforts to have it condemned, the old building may not be long for this world.

The reason I posted this picture is because my dad grew up across the street from the building and I remember walking down the hill in front of the building when I was 3 years old. It was fall and the color of the leaves and the water below are imprinted in my mind forever.