The Granite Quarries

Historical marker location:

Columbia, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Old Guilford Road, 0 miles south of Guilford Road when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2003

Patuxent Branch Trail.

The University of Maryland was founded in 1856: The University of Maryland, College Park, was founded in 1856 as the Maryland Agricultural College. Today, it is the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland and is one of the largest universities in the state.