Leibo's Place

Historical marker location:

10600 Westlake Drive, North Bethesda, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Westlake Drive, 0.8 miles south of Tuckerman Lane, 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.