Louis Bowser Cumpston

Louis Bowser Cumpston (1865–1931) was a British architect. He mostly designed buildings in Western Australia.

Early life Louis Bowser Cumpston was born on 27 November 1865 in Liverpool, England. His father, Louis Philippe Cumpston, was a builder who went bankrupt in 1873 and decided to emigrate to Australia later that year. He also designed houses on the corner of Harvest Terrace and Hay Street in 1896 and the Osborne hotel in Claremont in 1901. 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. 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 a bungalow located at 30 Park Road in Mount Lawley, and small houses located at 34, 36, 44 & 46 on Edward Street in Perth.

Personal life and death Cumpsto married Daphne Norah Venn in March 1895. However, he was granted a divorce after it was proven that his wife had been having an affair with her uncle, J.B. Simmons.

In 1901, he married again, to Aimee Muriel Love. They had a son, Graham, and three daughters, Nancy, Miriam and Mary. They resided in a mansion on the corner of View Street and Forrest Street in Peppermint Grove; their house was torn down in 1974. In 1907, they moved from Peppermint Grove to Railway Parade in Leederville. Three years later, in 1910, they moved to 16 Emerald Terrace in West Perth.

Cumpston died on 30 November 1931 in Subiaco, Western Australia.