The historic two-storey barn attached to the Van Horne estate on Ministers Island is in urgent need of repair.
Ministers Island, lying just off the shore near Saint Andrews, was the summer home of Sir William Van Horne, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Much has been done to restore the main house, but the massive livestock barn that dates back to the 1890s is one major storm away from falling apart.
Volunteers who look after the site launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise $30,000 to do emergency repair work on the structure's massive turreted silos.
Volunteer Brian Usher said the foundation is going to rot if emergency caps aren't placed on the barn's roof before the spring.
"We've got slats on the roof but the water has come down through that structure and it's penetrating the rest of the building," Usher said in an interview on Information Morning Saint John.
"With the [Hurricane] Arthur storm coming through there's been a lot of extensive damage, things that were just hanging on have gotten even worse … and the silos of the barn are ranked as a top priority."
