3159-61 South Grand Boulevard

Historical marker location:

3159 South Grand Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South Grand Boulevard south of Juniata Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Built 1894

The state of Missouri was the birthplace of the ice cream cone. It was invented by a Syrian immigrant named Ernest Hamwi who was selling waffles at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. When an ice cream vendor ran out of dishes, Hamwi rolled up one of his waffles to hold the ice cream and the ice cream cone was born.