Saint Mary’s Female Seminary
Established by act of Assembly, 1839. A monument to the birth of the State, 1634. “Where the mothers of future generations may receive their education at a place so well calculated to inspire affection and attachment for their native state.” Erected on the site of Saint Mary’s City, the first capital of Maryland. Governor William Grayson, 1839. Governor Emmerson G. Harrington, 1917.
Marker is on Trinity Church Road west of Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
