With a population around 1700 people, Proctor is a small village with a big story. Once the capital of marble quarrying, Proctor had everything, a hospital, a movie theater, three grocery stores, three schools from kindergarten to high school. The marble quarries closed between 1980 and 1990. Today Proctor is a sleepy village nestled between the Taconic range and the Green Mountains.
The type of history that you meet so often - it must have been very traumatic for the inhabitants when the quarries closed. This lovely image with its impressive building is a reminder of what it used to be.
Ian