 The Vermont Marble Company was founded in 1880 by businessman and politician Redfield Proctor, who served as the company's first president.Marble was quarried from several locations in the town of Proctor, then called Sutherland Falls, and the surrounding communities of Rutland, West Rutland and Danby.As railroads arrived in Rutland and Proctor, the Vermont Marble company became one of the largest producers of marble in the world.