The White Springs Library is at the West corner of Jewett St and Roberts St (US 41).
The library mural is the work of Rachel Campbell, who designed and painted a mural that focuses on the unique history of White Springs. The work was sponsored by Nutrien with paint donated by Home Depot and Glidden, and the lift subsidized by Preferred Rental of Jasper.
Click here for an album of the transformation of the wall of the Library
This mural uses Art Nouveau style borders as a frame to maintain the appearance of charming architecture on our beautiful library building. Additionally, these serve to separate pieces of the history of White Springs into distinct sections, highlighting important historical hallmarks of White Springs. Seminole history is shown on the left, the Spring House is shown in the center, the railroad and timber companies are shown on the right, and the Florida Normal College, founded in 1887, is depicted on the side of the eave. The Suwannee River continues to flow through all of them.
Woven through these historical depictions are memorable characters from the books written by Florida authors. On the left, the main Seminole protagonist from "The Talking Earth" is shown in her canoe. This book was written by Jean Craighead George, who is from New York rather than Florida. However, his novel ties an engaging fictional story to the historical Seminole tribe and the Florida Wilderness. Moving right, we encounter Jody and his adopted deer, Flag, from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Yearling. Zora Neale Hurston's characters Janie and Tea Cake from Their Eyes Were Watching God are resting beneath the live oak tree that grows along the frame.
The stack of books to the far right will feature titles by Ernest Hemingway (The Strange Country), Patrick D. Smith (A Land Remembered), Sudye Cauthen (Southern Comforts), Johnny Bullard (Black Runs the River), Jimmy Deas (Let me Tell You a Story), and Tracy Woodard (The Documented History of White Springs).