Her childhood home, the Emily Clayton Bishop house, is a Maryland State historic site.

[2][3] In addition Johns Hopkins University awarded her a teacher's certificate in Art Interpretation and criticism in 1903.

[10] Her obituary appeared in The New York Times, where she was referred to as "one of the most promising of America's younger sculptors.

"[10] At the time of her death, the Philadelphia Academy of Music was installing memorial tablet that Bishop had completed in honor of the director of the Orpheus Club.

[2] Three more of her works were on display at PAFA's annual exhibition: "Woman Knitting", "Portrate of Browning", and "John".

[3][12] She was included in a show of fifty leading women sculptors at The Plastic Club in Philadelphia in 1917, where her bas-relief "Dance of Youth in the Spring" was displayed.

A retrospective exhibit of 62 pieces of Bishop's work was held at the Renfrew Museum in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania in 2010.