Ripple Row

Historical marker location:

2630 S 12th St, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South 12th Street north of McGirk Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2019

2620-2630 S 12th St.. Circa 1865

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.