Shot Tower

Historical marker location:

801 E Fayette St, Jonestown, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of East Fayette Street and North Front Street, on the right when traveling east on East Fayette Street.)

Marker installed: 1946

Erected 1828.

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.