Belmont Orphanage

St. Dominic's Children's Home, formerly Belmont Orphanage, is located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1] It was established by French Priest Mariano Forestier in 1871[2] and expanded with additional buildings in subsequent years.[3] The Handbook of Jamaica dates the orphanage to 1892.[4] It was home to boxer Daniel James.[5] It was also home to the calypsonian Daniel Brown[6] and Roy Cape.[7]

Music education was part of the Dominican sect's program at the orphanage's schools[2] Two wings of the orphanage were destroyed by fire in 1996.[7]

  1. ^ St. Dominic's Children's Home website
  2. ^ a b Raymond Torres-Santos (13 January 2017). Music Education in the Caribbean and Latin America: A Comprehensive Guide. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-1-4758-3319-5.
  3. ^ REV. JOHN T. HARRICHARAN M.A. (4 December 2008). Church and Society in Trinidad 1864-1900. AuthorHouse. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-1-4670-9251-7.
  4. ^ The Handbook of Jamaica ...: Comprising Historical, Statistical and General Information Concerning the Island. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1899. pp. 339–.
  5. ^ "Daniel "Gentle Daniel" James". www.fcsportsfoundation.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  6. ^ "Trinidad Rio: It was a blessing to grow up in Belmont Orphanage". The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper May 12, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Guilbault, Jocelyne; Cape, Roy (7 October 2014). Roy Cape: A Life on the Calypso and Soca Bandstand. ISBN 9780822376163.