house作动词怎么解释？

Question

原句是He located Prospero Gate and saw that the adjacent buildings were Fogborn,which housed the Philosophy Department.第四十七个浪人的答案有道理但不适用这个句子

Answer 1

1.给…提供住房
He tried to feed and house his family.
他设法为一家人解决吃和住的问题。
2.是（某物）的贮藏处（或安置处）; 收藏; 安置
The library houses thousands of volumes.
这个图书馆藏书数万卷。

Answer 2

house vt.
给…提供住房
He tried to feed and house his family.
他设法为一家人解决吃和住的问题。