Belmont Orphanage


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 boxer Daniel James. It was also home to the calypsonian Daniel Brown 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.