The Gaithersburg School

Historical marker location:

9 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from South Summit Avenue just south of Diamond Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

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.