In 1964, another devastating fire ravaged the campus, destroying Old Main, the main campus building which included student dormitories and classrooms. Miraculously, there were no fatalities. Frightened and disheartened students, huddled in the middle of the night in College Place Methodist Church, were told by President Spears, "Nothing has been destroyed that cannot be rebuilt." Soon thereafter new interest in the College was engendered, and building of new facilities quickly began. The columns of Old Main, which were the only thing left standing in the ashes when the fire was over, became a symbol of Columbia College, its strength and its endurance. The Columns, also known as the gazebo, was erected to symbolize the surviving columns and is a campus landmark visible from the corner of North Main Street and Columbia College Drive.