description=A 202 acres historic district that is significant for coherently embodying "the distinctive architectural and cultural-landscape characteristics of a small commercial center as well as an agricultural community from the early national period through the early 20th century....[including embodying] virtually the full array of human activity in this region&mdash;farming, residential, religious, educational, community groups (the Grange), small-scale manufacturing, transportation, and even government (the building that housed the first Cannondale Post Office)."