A Globe woman who has lived in her home for 30 years could lose that house after it suffered significant damage in a late-February fire, and is now searching for a way to save it.

The fire struck Eileen Leonard’s two-story house on South High Street the night of February 17, heavily damaging her bedroom and the roof, and she has turned to the community to seek help. Not only does the home need a new roof, but Leonard said  its wiring and plumbing must also be replaced in order to bring it up to code. She said she had  90 days to make “vast improvements,” and she is unsure how she can afford it all on her limited income.

“We’re kind of at a standstill,” Leonard told the Arizona Silver Belt. She said she was unable to get insurance due to the historic home’s age (it was built in 1906). From late February through mid-March Leonard, who through the years took in a number of troubled youths, and the adult son who lives with her stayed in a local motel; now, Leonard said, she is staying in a safe house.

“I’ve never had to ask for anything,” she said. “I’ve always been independent somehow.

“We’ve just had a hard time with all of it,” Leonard added. “I don’t want to lose my house; I’m looking at probably losing it altogether. We have to pass all these codes, and we need help.” She said her main concern was taking care of her son, who deals with autism and other issues. “My son grew up in that house, and he doesn’t understand that we can’t just move back in.”

Over the years Leonard has opened her home to troubled youths from the community; some, she said, had family issues at home including drug-using parents, and some had no other place to go. “None of the boys was bad. They just needed somebody,” she said. Sometimes, she said, they would have drug issues of their own and she would work with them – listening to them and suggesting activities. “I never asked for anything,” she said. “A couple of them have families of their own, and all of them are doing good.”

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Leonard save her home, at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-nana-she-has-lost-everything-in-house-fire?qid=aabff013de6757dfc0a45bf4223a03e6.