In White Springs, abundant local materials shaped building traditions as human inhabitants used palmettos for roofs, trees for log walls, and native limestone for foundations, while the semi-tropical climate reduced the need for heating beyond a fireplace. Early white settlers built log homes, and the first hotel, also built of logs, housed visitors seeking the healing effects of the sulphurous waters near the spring in its wooden enclosure facing the Suwannee River. As prosperity and sawmills expanded, wood-frame buildings of native cypress and pine appeared in local vernacular styles, with wide porches, verandas, raised homes, and central halls designed for ventilation and comfort. Prominent and affluent citizens turned to skilled builders and formal house plans for larger residences, including the Camp house built by timber baron Benjamin Franklin Camp in the Queen Anne style. Wealth also financed grander hotels and commercial buildings made of brick brought by rail from Georgia, with native limestone used decoratively, and in 1906 cement with coquina shell and granite aggregate formed the foundation of the new Spring House. The White Springs Historic District includes buildings representing architectural styles popular over the years, including Classical Revival, Bungalow, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Mediterranean Revival, and Cracker-Style.