Location: Upper Saranac Lake
Designer: Benjamin Muncil
Year built: 1927
Pine Needle Camp was built by Saranac Lake dentist Nelson Johnson, and later owned by Howell Van Gerbig, and then John Loeb.
Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post, September 9, 1937
New York Broker Buys Saranac Camp
Pine Needle camp, the property of Howell Van Gerbig, has been sold to John Loeb of New York city, Clinton J. Ayres & Company announced last week. The camp and a 20 acre woodland plot on Upper Saranac lake has a shore front of 1,500 feet. The main buildings include a power house, two guest houses, a guide house, ice house, garage and barn and two utility buildings. There is also a large two story boat house on the lake. The property is situated at an altitude of 1,400 feet in view of Mount Ampersand. It was built in 1927 by the late D. Nelson Johnson, Saranac Lake dentist. The camp was designed by the late Ben Muncil of Rainbow, designer of many famous Adirondack camps. Loeb is the son of Paul Loeb, owner of Pine Bough camp also located on Upper Saranac Lake. Father and son are New York city brokers.
New York Times, August 29, 1937
SARANAC CAMP SOLD
John Loeb Acquires 20 Acres From H. Van Gerbig
Pine Needle Camp, the Adirondack property of Howell Van Gerbig at Upper Saranac Lake, N. Y. has been sold to John Loeb, according to Previews, Inc. Clinton. J. Ayres, Inc., was the broker.
There are about twenty acres of woodland in the tract, with a frontage on Upper Saranac Lake of about 1,600 feet. It is situated at an elevation of 1,639 feet and commands a view of the lake and surrrounding mountains. Although a large portion of the . property is wooded, the grounds about the residence are landscaped. There are seven rooms in the Adirondack-style frame main building. Outbuildings consist of two guest houses, a guide's house, boathouse, ice house, power house and garage.
