Old Post Office

Historical marker location:

111 North Calvert Street, Downtown Baltimore, Maryland

( Marker is on North Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2), on the right when traveling north.)

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.