Herman F. Prehn

Historical marker location:

5646 Furnace Avenue, Elkridge, Maryland

( Marker is on Furnace Avenue just south of Bushwaker Way, 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.