Greenhouse #2

Historical marker location:

535 Hampton Lane, Towson, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Hampton Lane, 0.2 miles east of Hampton Garth, on the right when traveling east.)

circa 1840.

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.