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title: A Peek Inside … Professor Donald Linebaugh’s Office
date: 2022-01-28T05:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
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# A Peek Inside … Professor Donald Linebaugh’s Office

*January 28, 2022* — by [Karen Shih ’09](/author/karen-shih)


> Cozy Digs Include 19th-century Artifacts and a Library Ladder

*Don Linebaugh 12012021 JC 6033 1920x1080 — From 18th-century woodworking tools to a 3D-printed model of early gas light systems, Professor Don Linebaugh's office is a treasure trove of objects from U.S. history.*

*Editor’s note: This is the start of an occasional series offering a look inside some of the most interesting faculty and staff offices around campus. Think you have a cool workspace—or know someone’s that you’d like to recommend? Email* [*kshih@umd.edu*](mailto:kshih@umd.edu)*.*

Walk down the cool concrete halls of the Architecture Building, and historic preservation Professor Don Linebaugh’s office feels like a warm oasis. With the glow and sounds of a crackling fire, a blue-plaid wingback chair perfect for reading and even a library ladder to reach shelf after shelf of books, it’s an old-fashioned gentleman’s study—if you ignore the laptop on the standing desk.

Linebaugh, an archaeologist of U.S. history for more than three decades, recently completed a three-year stint as interim dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He took Maryland Today on a tour of his office, sharing research artifacts and sentimental objects he’s collected over the years.


*Mantel with portrait hanging above it*



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*Transit tool for land surveying*



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*Office shelves with gas lights, woodworking hand tools*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Historic Preservation](https://today.umd.edu/topic/historic-preservation), [A Peek Inside](https://today.umd.edu/topic/a-peek-inside)


**Units:** [School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation](https://today.umd.edu/topic/school-architecture-planning-and-preservation)