Historical Marker
R.H. Marquette Building
Historical marker location:
229 SE Main Street, Lee's Summit, Missouri
( Marker is on SE Main Street north of SE 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.)
229 SE Main Street. Historic Building.
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.