Morgan and Hub Nelson founded Bishop Fixture and Millwork, Inc. in 1977 in their garage. With a successful general contracting business serving Macy's and Dayton Hudson's, and a family background in carpentry, the brothers endeavored into their first fixture and millwork project out of necessity. Their millwork vendor informed them two weeks prior to delivery, they wouldn't be able to meet the deadline. Unwilling to pass this burden onto their client, the brothers built the project out of their garage in St. Paul, MN and delivered on-time. Seeing an opportunity to provide turn-key solutions in the general contracting as well as the fixturing of stores, they asked their mother, Ione Nelson, for a name. "Bishop," she said. And it was then, that Bishop Fixture was born.