13 West Main Street

Historical marker location:

13 West Main Street, New Market, Maryland

( Marker is on Main Street (Old National Pike) (Maryland Route 144) west of Prospect Street (Maryland Route 874), on the right when traveling west.)

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.