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History In 1895, renowned regional architect William Poland designed a shirt mill for the Rothschild Company at One North Johnston Avenue. Located just minutes from downtown Trenton by trolley and adjoining the important Pennsylvania Railroad Line, the building was sold in 1907 to Ferdinand Straus Woolen Mills and expanded. The Atlantic Products Corporation bought the mill in 1931 and began manufacturing golf bags, and then luggage, employing over 600 workers. The site returned to clothing production in 1967, and later housed a roofing company and a producer of Christmas novelty items and outdoor furniture. In the early 1980’s the historic building began deteriorating. Isles Inc. and Modern Recycled Spaces formed a partnership and acquired the site in 2006. In 2008, Princeton University’s Department of Engineering led the rebuilding of the factory’s 1895-era mechanical clock and developed a course through which students worked alongside the Isles design team to explore potential sustainable design elements of the mill restoration.