Property Record
1014 Magnolia Lane
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Barbara and Larry Nichols House |
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| Reference Number: | 241099 |
| Location (Address): | 1014 Magnolia Lane |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1976 |
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| Survey Date: | 2019 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Ranch |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report: Barbara Nichols was born in Maine in 1939. She graduated from the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Boston in 1959 and became a nurse, working at the Boston Children’s Hospital. She then attended Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing Administration from 1964 to 1966. Barbara joined the Navy Nurse Corps and served as the head nurse at St. Albans United States Naval Hospital in Queens New York. After a few years, she moved to Madison to work at St. Mary’s Hospital. In 1970, Barbara Nichols was elected president of the Wisconsin Nursing Association, the first African American to hold the position. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing, and has published numerous articles on health care delivery and diversity in her field. In 1979, Barbara Nichols was elected as the first African American president of the national American Nurses Association (ANA). In 1983, Barbara Nichols was named the secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing and is believed to be the first Black woman to hold a State of Wisconsin Cabinet role. From the late 1990s to her retirement in 2011, Nichols served as the CEO of CGFS International (Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools), an organization that evaluates the credentials of foreign nursing schools. From 1970 to 1981, Barbara Nichols lived at 1210 South Street, which is slated for demolition. Nichols’ home at 1210 South Street was not included in the survey as the life of Barbara Nichols and her significance in the area of Social and Political Movements was more closely associated with other resources. Barbara and her husband Larry have lived in a house at 1014 Magnolia Lane in the Burr Oaks neighborhood since 1981. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |