Faust Brothers Building

Historical marker location:

307 West Baltimore Street, Downtown Baltimore, Maryland

( Marker is on West Baltimore Street.)

Baltimore City Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Baltimore National Heritage Area.

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.