Public education in Baldwin County began in 1799, when Alabama's first public school was built north of this site at Boatyard Lake in the Tensaw Community. In the early twentieth century, more than 90 small schools dotted Baldwin County. This one-room school was built in 1920 by African American families in Bromley and served grades 1-9. It was moved to White House Fork in 1970 and used as a kindergarten room until 1990. Preserved here under the leadership of Sam Watson and Leslie Smith, it honors community education in Baldwin County and is dedicated to Mrs. Rebecca Tompkins, principal and teacher of the Blakeley Little Red Schoolhouse.