These Barracks

Historical marker location:

101 Clarke Place, Frederick, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Clarke Place, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1914

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.