Edmund Hartt

Edmund Hartt (1744–1824)^[1] was a master carpenter and owned the shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts, where USS Constitution was constructed in 1797.^[2] The shipyard was located in the North End of Boston, near the location of the present Coast Guard base.^[3] He also built USS Boston (1799), USS Argus (1803), and USS Independence (1814).

Hartt and his descendants lived for many years in "Hartt House" at 24–26 Hull Street in Boston.^[4][5] He is buried at Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston.^[6] His son, Samuel Hartt, was also a prominent shipbuilder for the U.S. Navy who built the first steamship and ironclad ships for the Navy.