The Brooklyn Coffee & Teahouse sits on the Hennessy-McHale Block in the historical Smith Hill district of Providence, Rhode Island. This 3 and 1/2-story brick structure has ground floor store fronts and 3 window bays in each upper story; all facade windows are crowned with keystone hoodmolds. John B. Hennessey, a grocer, rented this building to Thomas P. McHale Family. They operated a grocery store on the first floor and lived upstairs between 1874 and 1926; the McHales bought the building in 1892. It had been the home of the Armenian American Civic club since 1940.