Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Fishbourne, Ralph A. November 4, 1883 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

RALPH A. FISHBOURNE, Architect. A resident of Honolulu since 1917, Ralph A. 
Fishbourne has designed a number of the most attractive buildings erected in 
this city in the past eight years. Becoming a member of the firm of Davis & 
Fishbourne in 1921, having previously been associated with Ripley & Davis, 
architects, Mr. Fishbourne assisted in the designing of the new McKinley High 
School, one of the most modern and artistically planned building groups in 
Hawaii. He assisted also in making plans for the St. Francis Hospital project, 
the New Princess Theater and a group of buildings opened in 1924 as an annex 
to the Moana Hotel.
  Before coming to Hawaii, Mr. Fishbourne followed his profession in San 
Francisco and assisted in the designing of many buildings erected thee after 
the earthquake and fire of 1906. He was for two years connected with leading 
architectural firms in New York City, designing monumental edifices for New 
York and Long Island.
  Born in Vallejo, Calif., Nov. 4, 1883, Mr. Fishbourne is the son of William 
John and Emma (Witts) Fishbourne. Educated in the schools of California, Mr. 
Fishbourne was graduated from Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts, San 
Francisco, in 1903. From 1910 to 1912, he studied architecture in Paris, 
traveling extensively in France and Italy.
  Mr. Fishbourne and Henrietta Pearl Josephson were married in Honolulu, April 
6, 1920. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, American 
Association of Engineers, Commercial, Oahu Country, Ad and Outrigger Canoe 
clubs and the Pan-Pacific Union.


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