ROBERT C. McADOO of Fort Worth, Texas, commercial art firm owner who formerly operated a similar business in Memphis, Tennessee, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Fort Worth yesterday. He was 50. Mr. McAdoo was a pioneer in advance designs for Memphis homes. During the Depression, he bought a lot at 3249 Overland Place and built a home with sunken living room, unusual fireplace and exterior features and got it financed in a year when few homes of any kind were being built. He later sold the Overland Place House and designed and built the "magic eye" house at 3636 Central. It was so called because it had Memphis' first circular picture window. It had lighted aquariums as a partition between the living room and dining room, also a good decade ahead of common acceptance of such features. Many of his designs were picked up by builders and appeared later in houses built for the market.
Mr. McAdoo operated Screenart Process Company in Memphis, Tennessee before World War II. During the war he was a designer for the Air Force and for several years was employed as a salesman for McGregor's. He moved to Fort Worth about six years ago to go back into the commercial art field. He was a graduate of Central High School and the Chicago Art Institute.
Mr. McAdoo leaves his mother, Mrs. I. M. (Henrietta) McAdoo of Fort Worth, Texas, and two daughters. Mr. McAdoo's body will arrive in Memphis tomorrow night. Graveside services will be held on Monday in Forest Hill with National Funeral Home in charge. ~~~ THE MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR, Memphis, TN, Jan. 1, 1960, page 22
Mr. McAdoo operated Screenart Process Company in Memphis, Tennessee before World War II. During the war he was a designer for the Air Force and for several years was employed as a salesman for McGregor's. He moved to Fort Worth about six years ago to go back into the commercial art field. He was a graduate of Central High School and the Chicago Art Institute.
Mr. McAdoo leaves his mother, Mrs. I. M. (Henrietta) McAdoo of Fort Worth, Texas, and two daughters. Mr. McAdoo's body will arrive in Memphis tomorrow night. Graveside services will be held on Monday in Forest Hill with National Funeral Home in charge. ~~~ THE MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR, Memphis, TN, Jan. 1, 1960, page 22
ROBERT C. McADOO of Fort Worth, Texas, commercial art firm owner who formerly operated a similar business in Memphis, Tennessee, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Fort Worth yesterday. He was 50. Mr. McAdoo was a pioneer in advance designs for Memphis homes. During the Depression, he bought a lot at 3249 Overland Place and built a home with sunken living room, unusual fireplace and exterior features and got it financed in a year when few homes of any kind were being built. He later sold the Overland Place House and designed and built the "magic eye" house at 3636 Central. It was so called because it had Memphis' first circular picture window. It had lighted aquariums as a partition between the living room and dining room, also a good decade ahead of common acceptance of such features. Many of his designs were picked up by builders and appeared later in houses built for the market.
Mr. McAdoo operated Screenart Process Company in Memphis, Tennessee before World War II. During the war he was a designer for the Air Force and for several years was employed as a salesman for McGregor's. He moved to Fort Worth about six years ago to go back into the commercial art field. He was a graduate of Central High School and the Chicago Art Institute.
Mr. McAdoo leaves his mother, Mrs. I. M. (Henrietta) McAdoo of Fort Worth, Texas, and two daughters. Mr. McAdoo's body will arrive in Memphis tomorrow night. Graveside services will be held on Monday in Forest Hill with National Funeral Home in charge. ~~~ THE MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR, Memphis, TN, Jan. 1, 1960, page 22
Mr. McAdoo operated Screenart Process Company in Memphis, Tennessee before World War II. During the war he was a designer for the Air Force and for several years was employed as a salesman for McGregor's. He moved to Fort Worth about six years ago to go back into the commercial art field. He was a graduate of Central High School and the Chicago Art Institute.
Mr. McAdoo leaves his mother, Mrs. I. M. (Henrietta) McAdoo of Fort Worth, Texas, and two daughters. Mr. McAdoo's body will arrive in Memphis tomorrow night. Graveside services will be held on Monday in Forest Hill with National Funeral Home in charge. ~~~ THE MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR, Memphis, TN, Jan. 1, 1960, page 22
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