Herod W. Williams, concerned about the education of his children like many parents in Latta, had Allen, with the help of farm hands, construct a one-room school on his property. When the school opened in 1877, fifteen students paid an annual tuition of $3.50. Two years later, it was moved to the other side of Latta to land donated by Dr. F.M. Monroe in hopes of increasing enrollment. Enrollment did grow, leading to the addition of a second room in 1883. By 1898, the number of students had exceeded the school's capacity, so a new three-room school was built and Vidalia closed. From its closing until around 1950, the building served as a Methodist assembly hall, a sharecropper dwelling, and later a chicken coop. Over the next decade and a half, it fell into disrepair and was later moved to the site of the old Latta High School, where it was renovated. It was moved again and stored when the high school was rebuilt. Under the watchful eyes of LaFon and Cindy LeGette, the school was again renovated, loaned to the town of Latta, and became an integral part of the town park.