Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chemistry Building

Historical marker location:

1000 Hilltop Circle, Catonsville, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Academic 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.