If These Walls Could Talk? They Can.
Historical marker location:
3354 South Jefferson Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri
( Marker is at the intersection of Cherokee Street and South Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Cherokee Street.)
Welcome to the Cherokee-Lemp History Walk. Cherokee-Lemp Historic District
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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.