It is located at 1005 New Hampshire Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the West End neighborhood.

[2] The building was constructed in 1889, as a private residence.

During the 1960s, it served as the American Counseling Association headquarters.

From 1981–1991, the building housed Robert Brown Contemporary Art, an art gallery now located at 2030 R Street, NW in Dupont Circle.

The Embassy of Tajikistan is 1 of 22 buildings in Schneider Triangle, a collection of Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne Style residences designed by Thomas Franklin Schneider that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.