Robert Strawbridge House

Historical marker location:

New Windsor, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Wilt Road, 0.1 miles Wakefield Road.)

Marker installed: 1974

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.