Belmont Orphanage
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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 the boxer Daniel James,[5] the calypsonian Daniel Brown[6] and the musicians Carl Barriteau[7] and Roy Cape.[8]
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.[8]
