Carondelet Hotel

Historical marker location:

7129 South Broadwy, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South Broadway and Nagel Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Broadway.)

Life in 1800's Carondelet

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.