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====Other facilities====
{{Further|BU Castle|George Sherman Union|Mugar Memorial Library}}
[[File:Kilachand Honors College - Boston University - DSC03072.JPG|thumb|The Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies on Bay State Road]]
[[File:BU Castle April 2013.JPG|thumb|[[BU Castle]], built in 1915, on Bay State Road]] 
The [[Mugar Memorial Library]] is the central academic library for the Charles River Campus. It also houses the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, formerly called the Twentieth Century Archive, where documents belonging to thousands of eminent figures in literature, journalism, diplomacy, the arts, and other fields are housed.

The [[George Sherman Union]] (GSU), located next to [[Mugar Memorial Library]], provides students with a food court featuring many fast-food chains, including [[Panda Express]], Basho, [[Starbucks]], El Comal, Rhett's, The Coop, Halal Shack, and Urban Table. The GSU also provides lounge areas for students to relax or study. The basement of the George Sherman Union is home to the BU Central lounge, which hosts concerts and other activities and events.

[[BU Castle]], located on the West end of Bay State Road, is one of the older buildings on campus. The building was commissioned by William Lindsay for his own use in 1905, long before his daughter's honeymoon on the ill-fated ''[[RMS Lusitania|Lusitania]]''.<ref>[http://www.bostonfamilyhistory.com/neigh_bbay.html 403 Forbidden] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303034655/http://www.bostonfamilyhistory.com/neigh_bbay.html |date=March 3, 2006}} accessed May 8, 2006</ref> In 1939, the university acquired the property by agreement with the city to repay all back taxes owed; these funds were raised through donations from, among others, William Chenery, a University Trustee.<ref>Salzman, Nancy Lurie. Buildings and builders : a history of Boston University. Boston : Boston University Press, 1985. ({{ISBN|0-87270-056-9}})</ref> It served as the residence of the university president until 1967, when President Christ-Janer found it too large for his needs as a residence and turned it to other uses. It is now a conference space. Underneath the Castle is the [[BU Castle#BU Pub|BU Pub]], the only BU-operated drinking establishment on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 21, 2004 |title=BU Pub offers college experience |url=http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2004/04/21/News/Permanent.Daylight.Bu.Pub.Offers.College.Experience-666574.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220302/http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2004/04/21/News/Permanent.Daylight.Bu.Pub.Offers.College.Experience-666574.shtml |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |website=Daily Free Press}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Admin |first1=Daily Free Press |title=BU Pub still a popular secret after decades on campus – The Daily Free Press |url=https://dailyfreepress.com/2006/04/06/bu-pub-still-a-popular-secret-after-decades-on-campus/ |date=6 April 2006}}</ref>

The Florence and Chafetz Hillel House on Bay State Road is the [[Hillel House]] for the university. With four floors and a basement, the facility includes lounges, study rooms and a [[Kosher foods|kosher]] dining hall, open during the academic year (including Passover) to students and walk-ins from the community. The first floor also includes the Granby St. Cafe as well as TVs and ping-pong, pool and foosball tables. The Hillel serves as a focal point for BU's large and active Jewish community. It hosts approximately 30 student groups, including social, cultural, and religious groups, and BU Students for Israel (BUSI), Holocaust Education, and the Center for Jewish Learning and Experience. It hosts a plethora of programs and speakers as well as Shabbat services and meals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hillel House |url=http://www.bu.edu/hillel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005042848/http://www.bu.edu/hillel/ |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=October 4, 2013 |publisher=Boston University}}</ref>