Trentham Mansion

Historical marker location:

135 Village Queen Drive, Owings Mills, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Village Queen Drive, 0.1 miles west of Cradock Lane, on the left when traveling west.)

Preserving a Family Legacy.

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.