Fr. Edward S. Filipiak Park

Historical marker location:

Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on North 10th Street just north of Biddle Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1985

Oct. 21, 1899 - Sept. 29, 1979

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.