They were to expand their operation at Perry House, as every floor of the building was occupied with their business activities and storage of their goods.

He trained in Melbourne and worked in Sydney, before joining Francis Drummond Greville Stanley in Brisbane and establishing his own firm in 1889.

Lange Leopold Powell, another notable Brisbane architect, joined Chambers in a partnership in 1911 and managed the construction of Perry House.

[1] The construction of Perry House occupied a considerable period of time, beginning in 1911 and not reaching completion until early 1913.

[3] Originally an eight storeyed, timber frame brickwork construction in the Federation warehouse tradition, this building is set on a two-storey podium of cement render.

Plain brick piers, linked at each floor level by recessed horizontal bands of cement render, rise from above the podium.

Major internal work on each floor has concealed the timber frame, with beams above lowered ceilings and columns encased.