In the spring of 1919, the second, and last, grand Hotel Potter was destroyed by fire. Fortunately,  the fire did not spread to the Hotel Potter Livery Stable, so its contents (horses, carriages, and coaches) were not lost. 

Harry and Arthur Clark (Luan’s grandfather and great-grandfather) were the proprietors at that time. Later that year, the name of the livery was changed to AA Clark & Son — Livery, Feed, and Exchange Stable. Then, in June of 1944, there was another large fire in Potter Place, which took several of the buildings across the road from the Freight House, including the large Trow Store/RP Johnson & Son store house, and this time, the livery stable as well. 

Thankfully, the stagecoach, as well as several carriages, sleighs, and wagons, were being housed in the livery’s large storage barn down at The Horn. (“The Horn” is an area just beyond the Potter Place depot, where the shim-shack, the conveyor house for coal transfer from freight car, the rail-car-hut, and the livery stable’s storage barn were.) So, once again, the Concord coach was spared.

In 1955, the Andover Lions Club was formed. Wallace “Sam” Clark, the son and grandson of Harry and Arthur Clark, was a charter member of the Andover Lions Club and its first president. Two years later, he was the person responsible for securing the Concord coach for the Lions Club.