Cecilius Calvert

Historical marker location:

Downtown Baltimore, Maryland

( Marker is on Saint Paul Street (Maryland Route 2), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1908

1606 1675. Fovnder of Maryland.

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.