Tower Grove House

Historical marker location:

2227 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Tower Grove Avenue north of Magnolia Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

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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.