Historical Marker
Murnaghan House
Historical marker location:
Mount Vernon, Maryland
( Marker is on West Mount Vernon Place, on the right when traveling east.)
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.