Historical Marker
Glen Echos Art Deco Arcade
Historical marker location:
Glen Echo, Maryland
( Marker is on Macarthur Boulevard, ¼ mile Goldsboro Road.)
Marker installed: 2006
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.