St. Ignatius Stone

Historical marker location:

15706 St. Patrick's Church Road, Mount Savage, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from St. Patrick's Church Road east of New Row Road NW, on the right when traveling east.)

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.