Bedford Springs Historic District is a mineral springs resort established circa 1806 by Dr. John Anderson. Its oldest extant buildings are the stone Nawgel's Mill, circa 1796, and the log Miller's House, circa 1800. In 1804, Nawgel sold his mill to Anderson, and the building was later used as part of a mineral water bottling plant. The resort's main structure is a series of contiguous historical buildings dating from 1806 to 1905 that collectively form a singular, outstanding example of resort architecture in the Greek Revival, Classical Revival, and Queen Anne styles. Known as a "palace in the wilderness" to one 19th century writer, the buildings accommodated guests who came to partake of the health-giving mineral waters of the seven springs on the property. The grounds included the Springs Circuit, a trail linking the seven mineral springs and traversing the trout waters of Shober's Run, a tributary of the Juniata River. The resort's golf course, developed circa 1896 by Spencer Oldham, was later renovated by A. W. Tillinghast in 1912 and Donald Ross in 1923.
