page_title: Louis Bowser Cumpston
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Bowser Cumpston / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Front of St Columba's Presbyterian Church, Peppermint Grove, Western Australia.
context_page_description: Louis Bowser Cumpston was a British architect. He mostly designed buildings in Western Australia.
context_section_description: Cumpston returned to Australia, and became articled to architect John Robertson in Melbourne. Shortly after, he worked for James Moore & Sons, a building firm. However, due to the economic downturn in Melbourne at the time, he decided to move to Western Australia, where he became a successful architect.
  In 1892, he designed a building on the corner of William and Wellington streets in Perth for a prominent businessman at the time named Wesley Maley. He later designed Mitchell's Buildings located at 136-142 on William Street for Mrs Harriet Mitchell. He also designed houses on the corner of Harvest Terrace and Hay Street in 1896 and the Osborne hotel in Claremont in 1901.
  He also designed the Ocean Beach Hotel in Cottesloe, perhaps his best known hotel. Additionally, he went on to design several other hotels: Exchange Hotel in Greenbushes, the Gosnells Hotel in Gosnells, the Boyup Brook Hotel in Boyup Brook, the Nungarin Hotel in Nungarin, the Parkerville Tavern in Parkerville, the Railway Hotel in Mullewa, the Salmon Gums Hotel in Salmon Gums, and the Cunderdin Hotel in Cunderdin. In 1905, he designed the warehouse on King Street.
  In 1909, he designed St Columba's Presbyterian Church in Peppermint Grove, Western Australia. He also designed the Collie Municipal Offices in Collie, Western Australia, the Gosnells Roads Board Offices on Gosnells, and Pinjarra Roads Board Offices in Pinjarra, Western Australia In 1915, he designed a carriage factory on Wellington Street. Additionally, he designed private residences and shops in Cottesloe, Claremont, Perth, North Perth, Mount Lawley, and Victoria Park. He also designed the Tom Burke House located at 191-195 on Newcastle Street in Northbridge; a bungalow located at 30 Park Road in Mount Lawley, and small houses located at 34, 36, 44 & 46 on Edward Street in Perth.
caption: St Columba's Presbyterian Church in Peppermint Grove, Western Australia.
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