Standard Oil Building

Historical marker location:

501 Saint Paul Street, Mount Vernon, Maryland

( Marker is on Saint Paul Street (Maryland Route 2) north of East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south.)

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.