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• Mr. Leonard E. Goguen of 1123 Mass. Ave. was the next speaker. He said that the house in question was a good example of old American architecture and could be made very attractive. He thought that remodelling it to acconuaodate two families would lower the value of the houses in the neighborhood, and that people would be justified in asking for a decrease in their valuations. He objected to the granting of the petition, feeling that the change would be contrary to the Zoning; Laws for this neighborhood. Cne man living on Rhodes Street asked how the people would get in and out, and h"r. Brown said that they could. go out iaple Street, or out Rhodes Street. He said he had a twelve foot right of way out to Bass. Ave. He said it made no difference to him, and he would have the egress wherever pleased the majority of the people. He said that he did not want to bring in undesirables, and lie thou,,ht it would be more desirable to have the house re- modeled. 'There would be no change in the outside of the house, with the exception of the removal of the ell. Mr. Kirnball asked if l r. Brown had in mind using; the 11aple Street side of the premises for other houses, and Brown said that he did. William Armstrong of 16 Lockwood Road asked what was to prevent Brown from building two family houses on I;aple Street. Benjamin W. Day of 13 Maple Street asked if this was a change in the Zoning Law, or merely an application to change over this particular piece of property. Mr. Kimball said that this was a change permitted under the Zoning Law, subject to the approval of the Board of Appeals. He said that this was not a two-family zone. Mr. Day said that if this building was remodelled to accommodate two families, they would run into the trouble of having to face two family houses in the rest of the vacant land. He said that this house was entirely surrounded, with two exceptions, with single family houses. Mr. 0. H. Simmons of 5 Maple Street said that he agreed with Day and Armstrong. Ethel Y. Hartwell of 1115 Mass. Ave. said that when she purchased her house she understood that this was a one family zone, and she would not have purchased if she thought it could be anything else. She said she did not want a two family house here. lir. Kimball said that the Board had received a letter from J. Henry Duffy of Yaple Street objecting to the granting of the petition. nor. Kimball asked Mr. Costa if he contem- plated living in the house, and he replied in the affirmative. He asked how many rooms there would be in each apartment. Costa said that now there were four rooms downstairs and six 0 47