James Hampton

    James Hampton was a Washington, D.C., janitor with little formal education. He built the Throne in a rented garage, working during his evenings off.  Visions inspired him to create the throne.  The owner of the garage discovered the Throne after James Hampton's death and got the National Museum of American Art to put it on display. Here are some links to sites on James Hampton's life and work.

• The Miracle of St. James Hampton, by Mike Walsh
• January 1, 2000 - Fear Not! Smithsonian
• The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly, by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan.
• St. James, by Greg Bottoms. Gadfly Online, March 1999.  (Unavailable as of July 22, 2001.)