Historical Marker
George W. Rayner House
Historical marker location:
1708 Bolton Street, Bolton Hill, Maryland
( Marker is on Bolton Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Circa 1879.
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.