Bedford Springs. Medicinal values of these springs discovered about 1796. It soon became a leading resort visited by numerous notables. James Buchanan used the Springs as his summer White House while President. Business U.S. 220, Bedford Springs, PA by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Colour: blue Wikimedia: Flickr: Google Streetview OpenStreetMap See also... Buchanan House. James Buchanan, lawyer, statesman, diplomat, 15th President of the U.S.... on Wikimedia Commons James Buchanan. President 1857-1861. Was born April 23, 1791, a half-mile from here. Th... First Presbyterian Church. Congregation traces its origin to 1742. The first regular pa... James Buchanan. Fifteenth President of the United States, lies buried at Woodward Hill ... James Buchanan. Lawyer, statesman, diplomat, and fifteenth President of United States, ... Wheatland. The home of James Buchanan, statesman, diplomat and the fifteenth President ... Kenneth Allen on Geograph