St. Dominic's Children's Home, formerly Belmont Orphanage, is located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It was established by French priest Mariano Forestier in 1871 and expanded with additional buildings in subsequent years. The Handbook of Jamaica dates the orphanage to 1892. It was home to the boxer Daniel James, the calypsonian Daniel Brown and the musicians Carl Barriteau and Roy Cape.
Music education was part of the Dominican sect's program at the orphanage's schools. Two wings of the orphanage were destroyed by fire in 1996.
References
- St. Dominic's Children's Home website
- ^ 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.
- 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.
- The Handbook of Jamaica ...: Comprising Historical, Statistical and General Information Concerning the Island. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1899. pp. 339–.
- "Daniel "Gentle Daniel" James". www.fcsportsfoundation.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Trinidad Rio: It was a blessing to grow up in Belmont Orphanage". The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper 12 May 2013.
- Wilmer, Val (23 September 2011). "Barriteau, Carl Aldric Stanley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74818. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Guilbault, Jocelyne; Cape, Roy (7 October 2014). Roy Cape: A Life on the Calypso and Soca Bandstand. ISBN 9780822376163.
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