A loving restoration brings Belmont Chapel back to life
From Ruins to Reverence in the Heart of Island Cemetery
by Bob Curley
Photos by Dave Hansen
The sudden death of 19-year-old Jane Pauline Belmont left a void in the lives of August Belmont and his wife, Caroline Slidell Perry Belmont, that no amount of wealth could fill. “Miss Belmont was a remarkably amiable girl and was endeared to a host of friends who keenly regret her loss,” The Newport Daily News reported in October 1875, upon the arrival of the boat carrying her remains from New York for interment in the family vault in Island Cemetery.