The Castle

Historical marker location:

16001 Mount Savage Road Northwest, Mount Savage, Maryland

( Marker is on Geary Lane north of Jealous Row, on the right when traveling north.)

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.