Historical Marker
218 North Main
Historical marker location:
218 North Main Street, St. Charles, Missouri
( Marker is on North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2011
A. R. Hunings Dry Goods Co. 1868-1928. 1863 Herman Mallinckrodt.
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.