The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations Millenium Gener... by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan

Word spread, and the entire religious environment was soon carefully removed by staff of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC so that it could be added to their permanent collection. Not long after Hampton’s death in 1964, the landlord opened the garage for the first time overwhelmed, he contacted a reporter about his discovery. The environment of over 180 pieces was primarily created from found materials. To the viewer’s right was a symmetrical continuation of decorated altars and tables dedicated to Moses and the Old Testament. To the viewer’s left of the throne were various lesser altars, pulpits, offertory tables and chairs-all elaborately decorated with shiny, radiant tin foil, fragments of mirror, light bulbs and other reflective bric-a-brac-and all referential to Jesus Christ and the New Testament. James.” His garage environment consisted of a central throne with a red velvet cushion and angelic wings on each side. In his writings he referred to himself as “Director, Special Projects for the State of Eternity” and sometimes called himself “St. His goal was to create a holy environment suitable for the return of Jesus Christ and for the glory of God. His writings reveal that he had seen visions of the Prophet Moses and even the biblical Adam. He also served in the military during WWII.Īlthough Hampton left behind a journal after his death, it was written in a code that has not yet been broken. As a young man he traveled to Washington, DC where he worked various odd jobs. The maker was James Hampton, a small, quiet African-American man who had worked as a custodian for the General Services Administration since 1946.

Between the years of 1950 and his death in 1964, a secret spiritual project was being quietly carried out in a rented brick garage near 7 th and N Streets NW in the nation’s capital.

The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations Millenium Gener... by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan