SoKno in Knoxville in Knox County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

H.P. Ijams Bird Nest Trail

Photographed by Joel Seewald, May 6, 2024

1. H.P. Ijams Bird Nest Trail Marker

Inscription.
Harry Pearle Ijams lived on this site from 1910 until his death in 1954.

Other than his wife, Alice, and four daughters: Elizabeth, Jo, Martha and Mary, his great passion in life was bird study.

H.P. was one of the founding members and first president of the local bird club, the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. The group met here monthly for years.

H.P. also kept detailed notes of the nesting birds around his home. In the backyard is his hand drawn map from 1923.

We invite you to follow this paved trail and look for other H.P. Ijams Bird Nest signs.

Ijams is a state of mind. A place where you learn to care for the Earth for your whole life.

Erected by Ijams Nature Center.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Environment • Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 35° 57.454′ N, 83° 52.155′ W. Marker is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County. It is in SoKno. It can be reached from Island Home Avenue. Marker is in the Ijams Nature Center on a trail near the Ijams homesite. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville TN 37920, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: H. P. Ijams (here, next to this marker); Alice Ijams (within shouting distance of this marker); Upper Overlook (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lebanon in the Fork (approx. 1.2 miles away); James C. Ford (approx. 1.7 miles away); First African American Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); Odd Fellows Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); War on the Home Front (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Knoxville.

H.P. Ijams Bird Nest Trail Marker — right image image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joel Seewald

2. H.P. Ijams Bird Nest Trail Marker — right image

H.P. Ijams patented an easy to clean nest box in 1930. [U.S. Patent #1748349]

Photographed by Joel Seewald, May 6, 2024

3. H.P. Ijams Bird Nest Trail Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2024, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 154 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 8, 2024, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.